Glaucoma Consults Round-up - Toxic beta blockers, red hot eyes and more

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Glaucoma Consults Round-up - Toxic beta blockers, red hot eyes and more

A recap of this past week's tweets about patients referred to me for glaucoma management. Topics discussed include systemic and ocular risks of excessive use of medications.

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Glaucoma Consults Round-up: Pt 2. Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2009 In-depth case discussions.

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Glaucoma Consults Round-up: Pt 2. Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2009 In-depth case discussions.

A round up of recent glaucoma cases discussed.

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Glaucoma Consults Round-up: Pt 1. Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2009 w/HRT and VF results

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Glaucoma Consults Round-up: Pt 1. Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2009 w/HRT and VF results

A recap of this past week's tweets about patients referred to me for glaucoma management. This article contains additional information not found in the original 140 character postings. Please add your comments so that we can extend these teachable moments over time.

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Pharmacist's dispensing error may blind glaucoma patient

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Pharmacist's dispensing error may blind glaucoma patient

This is one of the scariest cases of recent times for me and is also summarized in Glaucoma Consults Round-up Sep 28-Oct 2, 2009. I have been following her for more than 3 years for Plateau Iris Syndrome which has been stable following  SLT, LPI and Gonioplasty combined with taking Pilocarpine drops in both eyes and Cosopt in the right eye.

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This past week in Glaucoma Surgery Sept 21-25, 2009

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​A recap of this past week's tweets of 9 glaucoma surgeries and 4 cataract surgeries in my glaucoma patients. This article contains additional information not found in the original 140 character postings. Please add your comments so that we can extend these teachable moments over time.

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Twitter for ophthalmology education; a primer and a link to glaucoma case presentations

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Twitter for ophthalmology education; a primer and a link to glaucoma case presentations

Most readers have probably come across this article because of twitter since I tweeted a link to it. However, if you could please share this via email to others not on Twitter, it may help to show them how Twitter can be useful in medical education. Another related article from 27Aug2009 is the Ophthalmology Twitter experiment along with Cary Silverman in conjunction with Ocular Surgery News.

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