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IOP under anesthesia
Hi Dave, I am a student of anesthesia and am doing research on IOPs in patients who are in head-down positions for surgery. We are finding at our institution that even in patients without glaucoma, significant increases in IOP are occurring during longer procedures and may be associated with increased risk of post-operative blindness or partial visual loss. I am part of a team studying this issue and my specific offshoot of the research is on patients who present with glaucoma. Finally, my question: Are you aware of any information/ literature/ etc about glaucoma patients related to the surgical experience? Or 'optimization' of the glaucoma patient prior to surgery.
