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Abstract #46808 Published in IGR 13-3
Elevation of intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients after automated visual field testing
Ni N; Tsai JC; Shields MB; Loewen NAJournal of Glaucoma 2011;
PURPOSE: To examine whether automated visual field (VF) testing may exert a short-term influence on subsequent intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement during the same visit. METHODS: We reviewed patients with primary open-angle glaucoma whose most recent visit occurred at a major academic institution from July to December 2009 and who had 3 visits without intervening changes in glaucoma management within the previous 5 years. Exclusion criteria were patient admittance of nonadherence with medical therapy and documented difficulty of IOP measurement. One hundred nine right eyes from 109 patients were included. IOP obtained within 30 minutes after VF testing was compared with IOP from the previous and next visits without VF testing. Subgroup analyses included the role of reliability of VF test performance, surgical versus medical IOP control, and different topical medications. RESULTS: The average IOP measured after VF testing was 14.9(plus or minus)4.7 mm Hg, higher than both the previous (13.7(plus or minus)4.4 mm Hg, P<0.001) and next visits without VF examination (13.8(plus or minus)4.4 mm Hg, P<0.001). A total of 22.9% of patients experienced a more than 20% increase of IOP. Eyes with surgical control had less IOP elevation than eyes with medical control (3.1%(plus or minus)15.9% vs. 11.7%(plus or minus)17.4%, P=0.009). Users of (beta)-blockers or (alpha)-2-agonists had less IOP elevation than eyes controlled with prostaglandins or carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (0.9%(plus or minus)15.1% vs. 9.0%(plus or minus)12.3%, P=0.030). CONCLUSIONS: This retrospective study suggests that patients with primary open-angle glaucoma experience a small and transient increase in IOP after VF testing and that this effect may be lower after surgical pressure control.
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Classification:
6.1.3 Factors affecting IOP (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.1 Intraocular pressure measurement; factors affecting IOP)
6.6.2 Automated (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.6 Visual field examination and other visual function tests)