Preservation and Restoration of Vision:

Vision for the Future, Part 2: Eye Care Guidelines and Recommendations: Preferred Practice Patterns^™: American Academy of Ophthalmology

Bruce E. Spivey, MD
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has developed precise and detailed Preferred Practice Patterns™ relevant to major categories of eye disease and surgery.

Copies of representative Preferred Practice Patterns^™ have been distributed by the American Academy of Ophthalmology to Gabriel J. Coscas, MD, and Peter G. Watson, FRCS, FRCOphth, co-chairs of Eye Care Guidelines and Recommendations, as well as a group of Consultants particularly knowledgeable and experienced in the delivery of quality eye care in diverse geographic regions and population groups in the world.

Among the Consultants invited to consider these guidelines are:

Richard L.Abbott, MD
Vasavada Adbay, MD
Hannah B. Faal, MD
Albrecht Henning, MD
Rabiul Hussain, MD
Gullapalli N. Rao, MD
Hugh R. Taylor, MD
Ravi Thomas, MD

The American Academy of Ophthalmology has provided Preferred Practice Patterns^™for the following subjects:

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Amblyopia

Bacterial Keratitis

Blepharitis

Cataract in the Adult Eye

Comprehensive Adult Eye Evaluation

Conjunctivitis

Corneal Opacification

Diabetic Retinopathy

Dry Eye Syndrome

Esotropia

Management of Posterior Vitreous Detachment, Retinal Breaks, and LatticeDegeneration

Pediatric Eye Evaluations

Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma

Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Suspect

Refractive Errors

Rehabilitation: The Management of Adult Patients with Low Vision

September 11, 2000

Next: Management for Ophthalmic Disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities: Eye Care Guidelines of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists

Also see:

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Specialists in the Eye Health of Indigenous Australians: Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists, Commonwealth of Australia (PDF 932KB)
  
  
• Part 1: Diabetic Retinopathy
  
  
• Part 2: Cataract
  
  
• Part 3: Trachoma
  
  
• Advocacy for the Preservation and Restoration of Vision
  
  
• Table of Contents for Vision for the Future