A Comparison of the Icare Pro Rebound Tonometer with Applanation Tonometry in Healthy Infants

The measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) in children is an important component of the ocular examination, but can be challenging, especially in younger children and infants. Clinical suspicion of raised IOP necessitates examination under anaesthesia. This is costly [1], associated with potentially serious adverse events [2], including developmental delay [3], and uses valuable paediatric theatre resources. It is therefore important to have devices to measure IOP in infants that are both well tolerated and accurate. Paediatric ophthalmic examination of infants in the hospital environment also requires such devices to be portable, easy to use and transportable between wards, theatre, outpatients services and for use during on-call and emergency situations. There are a number of methods to measure IOP in children, all with benefits as well as drawbacks in terms of accuracy, ease of use and patient tolerance [4,5]. A Comparison of the Icare Pro Rebound Tonometer with Applanation Tonometry in Healthy Infants