Sustained Glaucoma Screening Program

Screening for glaucoma.

Screening of CYP1B1 Arg368His as predominant mutation in North Indian primary open angle glaucoma and juvenile onset glaucoma patients

In India, mutations in Cytochrome P450 (CYP1B1) are a predominant cause of not only primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) but also involved in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and juvenile onset glaucoma (JOAG). After ethical clearance, 100 POAG patients, 30 primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) patients and 130 ethnically matched controls were recruited in this study. Genomic DNA was is...

Sustained Hospital-based Wellness Program

Sustained Hospital-based Wellness Program Karen Danielson, MS, CHES; Katharine Jeffers, MS, RN; Leslie Kaiser, BA; Lee McKinley, MD, FACP; Thomas Kuhn, MSN, ANP-BC, COHN-S, CCM; Gigi Voorhies CTRS, CHMS Introduction: Beginning as a grassroots initiative, a community hospital employing 2800 celebrates the stress-transforming benefits of HeartMath for its employees and community. Initially introd...

Screening for open-angle glaucoma.

Chronic (open-angle) glaucoma is a leading cause of new cases of blindness in the United States. This blindness is a result of increased intraocular pressure and deterioration of the optic nerve. Nearly 2 million Americans have glaucoma. "Ocular hypertension" is the term applied to elevation of the ocular pressure above 21 mm Hg. Glaucoma is defined as a group of diseases that have certain comm...

Diagnostic Ability and Repeatability of a New Supra-Threshold Glaucoma Screening Program in Standard Automated Perimetry

PURPOSE We assess the diagnostic ability and repeatability of a new suprathreshold glaucoma screening test (GST) comprising 28 test points and a 1-of-3 sampling strategy at 95% of the normal limit for standard automated perimetry (SAP) in early to advanced glaucoma. METHODS This prospective cross-sectional study included 96 eyes of patients with early, moderate, or advanced glaucoma and 37 ey...