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Delaying Treatment of Ocular Hypertension [PDF]
To compare the safety and efficacy of earlier vs later treatment in preventing primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in individuals with ocular hypertension.One thousand six hundred thirty-six individuals with intraocular pressure (IOP) from 24 to 32 mm Hg in 1 eye and 21 to 32 mm Hg in the fellow eye were randomized to observation or to topical ocular ...
M. Roy Wilson+9 more
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Ocular hypertension and posture. [PDF]
Thirty-seven patients with ocular hypertension (OH) and 29 age matched controls were studied. Intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements were made in the sitting position and, immediately after changing posture, in the lying position. Sixty-three (85%) of the OH eyes and all the control eyes showed either stable IOP readings on changing posture of small ...
T J Leonard+3 more
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Malignant Hypertension: Ocular Manifestations [PDF]
Malignant hypertension may be the first manifestation of systemic hypertension. We report a clinical case of a Caucasian 41-year-old man with no previous history of blood hypertension seen at casualty because of blurred vision. Fundus examination disclosed optic disk swelling, retinal hemorrhages and infarcts. The blood pressure was 220/130 mmHg. After
Silvia Muñoz+2 more
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Ocular hypertension occurs when intraocular pressure (IOP) is greater than the normal range with no evidence of vision loss or damage to the optic nerve. Individuals with ocular hypertension have an increased risk for glaucoma. The mean normal IOP is 15 mmHg and the mean IOP of untreated glaucoma is 18 mmHg.
Kara Rickford, Daniel Laroche
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Mechanisms in ocular hypertension. [PDF]
This paper investigates the hypothesis that intermittent partial angle closure is one of the causes of ocular hypertension. 139 eyes from 76 patients with ocular hypertension were provoked with pilocarpine and phenylephrine. Four distinct responses appeared.
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Glucocorticoid therapy and ocular hypertension [PDF]
The projected number of people who will develop age-related macular degeneration in estimated at 2020 is 196 million and is expected to reach 288 million in 2040. Also, the number of people with Diabetic retinopathy will grow from 126.6 million in 2010 to 191.0 million by 2030.
Adnan Dibas, Thomas Yorio
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Ocular Diseases and Hypertension
Correspondence to Soo Young Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Center, 245 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea Tel: +82-2-2260-7237, Fax: +82-2-2272-7237, E-mail: sooyoung09@gmail.com Copyrightc 2012 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative ...
Soo Young Lee, Min Jin Oh
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Uveitic Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma [PDF]
Ocular hypertension (OHT) and glaucoma are common and often serious complications of uveitis.1–9 Cross-sectional clinic-based studies have suggested a prevalence of OHT among uveitis referral patie...
Emmett T. Cunningham, Manfred Zierhut
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THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC GLAUCOMATOUS OCULAR HYPERTENSION [PDF]
Henri Lagrange
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