Background: In many clinical situations, knowledge of central venous pressure (CVP) is important.  Measurement of CVP is not always possible. Objective: To determine if intraocular pressure (IOP) can be used as an estimate for CVP. Methods: IOP and CVP were measured concurrently in 30 candidates of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  Those with carotid artery or jugular venous diseases as we...

PURPOSE To compare parameters of biomechanical response of the human cornea measured as corneal hysteresis (CH) and corneal resistance factor (CRF) in patients with diabetes mellitus and healthy control subjects. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel. METHODS In the right eye of each participant, the CH, CRF, Goldmann-correlated intraocular press...

purpose : to evaluate the intraocular pressure (iop) rising effect of anterior versus posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone in eyes with retinal vein occlusion methods : this prospective nonrandomized study was performed on 57 eyes of 57 patients with macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion. 26 eyes received posterior subtenon injection of 40 mg triamcinolone acetonide [pstt] and 31...

purpose: to compare the short and long-term efficacy and complications of releasable suture vs conventional interrupted suture for scleral flap in trabeculectomy. methods: in a prospective randomized clinical trial, 42 eyes of 42 consecutive patients requiring trabeculectomy for uncontrolled primary glaucoma underwent conventional trabeculectomy (group a) and trabeculectomy with releasable sutu...

dorzolamide ophthalmic drop is one of the most common glaucoma medications but it has a short residence time in the eye. the aim of this study is to develop ocular dorzolamide hcl nanoliposomes (drz – nanoliposomes) and to evaluate their potential use for the treatment of ocular hypertension. nanoliposomes were prepared using reverse-phase evaporation vesicle (rev) and thin layer hydration (tlh...

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the diurnal intraocular pressure fluctuations under dehydration conditions and the relationship between the intraocular pressure fluctuations and blood pressure. Methods: The intraocular pressures (IOP), body weights, as well as systolic and diastolic blood pressures (SBP, DBP) of 36 fasting healthy volunteers were recorded at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m...

Until recently, corneal biomechanical properties could not be measured in vivo. The ocular response analyzer is a new, noninvasive device that analyses corneal biomechanical properties simply and rapidly. The ORA allows cornea compensated IOP measurements and can estimate corneal hysteresis (CH) and corneal resistance factor (CRF). It is designed to improve the accuracy of IOP measurement by us...

PURPOSE To establish correlations between intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements obtained with the ocular response analyzer (ORA) and the Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT). The effects of central corneal thickness on the measures obtained were also examined. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. IOP was determined in 48 eyes of 48 patients with glaucoma In all patients, central cornea...