Exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors causes pupillary dilator muscle stimulation, active mydriasis, rapid rise in the level of the intraocular pressure (IOP), damage to the optic nerve at the back of the eye, and ultimately leads to acute angle closure glaucoma. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of sertraline on the levels of IOP and cup-to-disc ratio (CDR) in patie...

PURPOSE To compare the intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction by latanoprost and timolol, and to study factors of prognostic value for assessing this reduction. METHODS We analyzed 829 patients included in three phase 111 studies comparing six months' treatment with 0.005% latanoprost once daily and 0.5% timolol twice daily in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Analysis o...

AIM To compare the accuracy of IOPen rebound tonometer with Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT) in individuals with low, normal and high intraocular pressure (IOP) and to evaluate the effect of central corneal thickness (CCT) on IOP measurements. METHODS This cross-sectional study consisted of 159 participants. IOP of one eye of each subject was measured consecutively with IOPen and GAT. The...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the 4-year risk of high intraocular pressure (IOP) and associated factors in a black population without glaucoma at baseline. DESIGN Population-based incidence study. PARTICIPANTS Random sample of Barbados residents aged 40 to 84 years. After 4 years, 3427 (85%) were reexamined. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Development of elevated IOP (using percentile-based definitions) am...

PURPOSE To assess the reproducibility of the ocular response analyzer (ORA) in nonoperated eyes and the impact of corneal biomechanical properties on intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements in normal and glaucomatous eyes. METHODS In the reliability study, two independent examiners obtained repeated ORA measurements in 30 eyes. In the clinical study, the examiners analyzed ORA and IOP-Goldman...

PURPOSE To determine whether patients can guess their intraocular pressure (IOP). DESIGN Patient survey. METHODS We asked consecutive patients to guess their IOP and then indicate the IOP and the symptoms that allowed them to guess. RESULTS Of 132 patients, 22 (17%) believed they could guess their IOP, usually based on a periocular symptom (n = 20, 91%). Nine of these patients (45%) corre...

PURPOSE To examine the relationship between office-hour changes in IOP, measured with the Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT) and dynamic contour tonometer (DCT), and the corneal characteristics central corneal thickness (CCT) and corneal hysteresis (CH). METHODS Sixty-two eyes of 62 untreated normal subjects and patients with untreated glaucoma had IOP measurements performed with the GAT (m...

BACKGROUND We have compared the effect of low dose rocuronium on intraocular pressure (IOP) in larygeal mask airway usage during induction of anesthesia using propofol and fentanyl, in a randomized, double-blind study. METHOD We studied 30 patients randomly allocated to one of two groups. Anesthesia was induced with fentanyl 1 mg kg(-1) and propofol 2 mg kg(-1) until loss of eyelash reflex. T...

The utility of Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) for monitoring intraocular pressure (IOP) in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients with a history of laser refractive surgery was investigated by comparing IOP fluctuations measured using GAT and dynamic contour tonometry (DCT) on the same day. In this retrospective study, patients were divided into one of two subgroups according to IOP fluctuati...

purpose: to compare the preoperative and postoperative measurement of intraocular pressure (iop) using goldman applanation tonometry (gat), the air puff and pascal dynamic contour tonometers (pdct) in eyes undergoing myopic and myopic astigmatic photorefractive keratectomy (prk). methods: in a descriptional -analytic and prospective study, a complete examination was performed at the slit lamp, ...