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The first doctor of NBVC
Who is Patrick Coonan?
All AMD patients start with this form of AMD
What is dry Age-related macular degeneration?
A measure of the 90 day average blood glucose
What the Hemoglobin A1c % (HbA1c)?
Two forms of fluid that may be present in wet AMD
What are blood and edema? SRF/IRF also acceptable
PDR stands for these words
What is proliferative diabetic retinopathy?
The first and next office are near this street
What is Cleveland Avenue?
This cell is lost in geographic atrophy
What is the retinal pigment epithelium?
These are three retinal vascular abnormalities seen in NPDR
Microanuerysms, dot hemorrhages, blot hemorrhages, IRMA, vascular loops
The form of membrane present in wet AMD
What is a choroidal neovascular membrane?
NVD and NVE stand for these words
What are neovascularization of the disc and neovascularization elsewhere
Numbers had to be used with these doctor's initials
Who are Patrick Coonan (PC1) and Patrick Caskey (PC2)?
The percentage of AMD patients that have the dry form
What is 85%?
This is the least severe form of diabetic retinopathy for which anti-VEGF treatment is considered
What is severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR)
The location name of injections for wet AMD
What is inravitreal?
This instrument is often required when there is a dense vitreous hemorrhage
What is the B-scan ultrasound
575-5353 is easy to dial with the right hand
Because the numbers are on the diagonal easily entered by the right hand?
The Age-Related Eye Disease Study is best known by this acronym
What is AREDS?
These are two forms of treatment for diabetic macular edema
What are focal laser, intravitreal anti-VEGF, intravitreal steroids
There are potential complications of treatment of wet AMD, name three.
What are infection, hemorrhage, retinal detachment, inflammation
When a tractional retinal detachment begins to affect the macular this procedure is indicated
What is pars plana vitrectomy (PPV)?
The very first employee of NBVC
Who is Mary Snider?
This photographic technique that best visualizes dry AMD
What is Fundus Auto-Fluorescence (FAF)?
There the two main risk factors for the development of diabetic retinopathy
What are duration of diabetes and HbA1c%?
VEGF is an acronym standing for these words
What is Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
This standard clinical measurement is especially important in diabetic patients
What is blood pressure