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Abstract #27308 Published in IGR 12-4
Tonometry methods in the pediatric emergency department
Yamamoto LG; Young DAPediatric Emergency Care 2010; 26: 678-683
The measurement of intraocular pressure is perhaps the most important clinical parameter contributing to the diagnosis of glaucoma. This report describes the most commonly used methods of tonometry (to measure intraocular pressure). Considering the common options of Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT), Schiotz tonometry (ST), and Tono-Pen tonometry (TP), the TP is the easiest to use in the emergency department. It is subject to some degree of inaccuracy. In the pediatric emergency department, a child with a painful eye is likely to require deep sedation to achieve an accurate measurement. (copyright) 2010 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
L. G. Yamamoto. Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1319 Punahou St, Honolulu, HI 96826, United States. Loreny@hawaii.edu
Classification:
6.1.1 Devices, techniques (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.1 Intraocular pressure measurement; factors affecting IOP)
9.1.2 Juvenile glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)
