PPO II

Question 1

What is the goal of optical prescribing?

Answer 1

Provide clear and comfortable vision

Question 2

What else can glasses treat other than refractive error?

Answer 2

Amblyopia
Some binocular vision disorders
Double vision
Eye protection (children and monocular patients)

Question 3

What can poor prescribing decisions lead to?

Answer 3

Asthenopia
Reduced visual function
Problems with adaptation (ex. PALs)
Accelerate progression of refractive error
Unhappy and angry patients :(

Question 4

What happpens if you have too little fog?

Answer 4

You have a poor control of accommodation

Question 5

What happens if you have too much fog?

Answer 5

Stimulation of the patient’s tonic accommodation

Question 6

What can be induced by the phoropter?

Answer 6

proximal accommodation

Question 7

Sleeve down uses _______ mirror which _______light

Answer 7

plane; diverges

Question 8

Sleeve up uses ______ mirror which _______

Answer 8

concave; converges

Question 9

Why do you need to relax accommodation for phoropter retinoscopy?

Answer 9

Accurate findings
If needed - will need to undergo cycloplegia (relax ciliary bodies with agents)

Question 10

If both meridians are with motion, which meridian should you neutralize first?

Answer 10

Meridian further from neutrality
- smaller
- thinner
- less bright

Question 11

If one meridian is with and the other meridian is against, which meridian should you neutralize first?

Answer 11

with the meridian

Question 12

If both meridians are against motion, which meridian should you neutralize first?

Answer 12

Meridian closest to neutrality
- larger
- thicker
- brighter

Question 13

What is the three eyed control method to control for accommodation?

Answer 13

OD - OS - OD