intracocular pressure

Are we stuck where we were ten years ago, or is a revolution under way?

Submitted by dave on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 9:12pm

Is this true?

[The review of glaucoma by the The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes] pretty much what we have been saying here for a looooong time...!

Or this?

The message on the confusion about glaucoma and its treatment has not changed in more than ten years.  The knowledge base about glaucoma has barely moved the needle in decades.  Everything developed to date has been a band aid, while the root causes of the disease remain unknown.

Your doctor's intraocular pressure measurements are "very sketchy evidence"

Submitted by dave on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 11:54am

From "Review of Ophthalmology":

most human IOP measurements are “snapshot” measurements—a single reading taken periodically in a doctor’s office. Any conclusions about the nature and impact of fluctuation have therefore been largely based on very sketchy evidence.

That statement, from a 2011 article by the Senior Editor of  "Review of Ophthalmology," captures the motivation that lead to the creation of FitEyes six years ago and that has continued to motivate our engagement with high frequency home eye pressure monitoring (where we recommend multiple measurements per day).

The article can be found here: http://www.revophth.com/content/c/28662/

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Clinical investigation of the effect of topical anesthesia on intraocular pressure

Submitted by shandlerr on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:21am
Clinical investigation of the effect of topical anesthesia on intraocular pressure
Turki M Almubrad and Kelechi C Ogbuehi
Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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