Stacy Smith - Clinical Pathways in Neuro-Ophthalmology: An Evidence-Based Approach

Clinical Pathways in Neuro-Ophthalmology

An Evidence-Based Approach

Third Edition

Stacy V. Smith, MD
Neuro-ophthalmologist
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Houston Methodist Neurological Institute
Blanton Eye Institute
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
The Woodlands, Texas
Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Andrew G. Lee, MD
Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Blanton Eye Institute
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas
Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Professor of Ophthalmology, UTMB and UT MD
Anderson Cancer Center and Texas A and M College of Medicine (Adjunct)
Houston, Texas
Adjunct Professor
Baylor College of Medicine and The Center for Space Medicine
Houston, Texas
Adjunct Professor
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa
Adjunct Professor
The University of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

Paul W. Brazis, MD
Neuro-ophthalmologist
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida

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Names: Smith, Stacy, (Stacy V.), author. | Lee, Andrew G. | Brazis, Paul W.

Title: Clinical pathways in neuro-ophthalmology: an evidence-based approach / Stacy Smith, Houston Methodist Academic Medicine Associates, The Woodlands, TX, USA, Andrew G. Lee, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Eye Associates, Houston, TX, USA, Paul W. Brazis, Dept. of Neurology (Professor Emeritus), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Description: 3 [edition]. | New York: Thieme, [2019] | Revision of: Clinical pathways in neuro-ophthalmology / Andrew G. Lee, Paul W. Brazis. c2003. 2nd ed. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018006221 | ISBN 9781626232853 (print) | ISBN 9781626232860 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Neuroophthalmology. | Medical protocols. | Evidence-based medicine.

Classification: LCC RE725.L44 2019 | DDC 617.7dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018006221

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To our spouses, Hilary Beaver (Lee), Liz (Brazis), and Joseph Haynes (Smith).

To our parents, Alberto C. Lee, MD, and Rosalind G. Lee, MD; Dr. and Mrs. Peter T. Brazis; Mr. Thomas W. Smith and Charlene Smith, MD.

To our children, Rachael and Virginia Lee; Paul and Erica Brazis.

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Never in the history of medicine have physicians had so many ways to both diagnose and treat disease, and never have physicians had so many bureaucratic barriers to performing these activities. This paradox has necessitated a return to the days when clinical judgment was at least as important as diagnostic testing. The challenge to all of us who care for patients is thus to understand the signs and symptoms that distinguish between many different local and systemic disorders so that we can perform the most logical, expeditious, safe, and economic assessment.