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Abstract #81591 Published in IGR 20-4
Effect of Topical Periocular Steroid Use on Intraocular Pressure: A Retrospective Analysis
Maeng MM; De Moraes CG; Winn BJ; Glass LRDOphthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019; 35: 465-468
PURPOSE: To study the effect of periocular steroid use on intraocular pressure (IOP). METHODS: Charts of adult patients with atopic dermatitis or eczema treated with topical periocular steroid creams and ointments from January 1st, 2007 to October 1st, 2017 were reviewed. Patients with the following were excluded: glaucoma, ocular hypertension, known systemic/topical/injectable steroid history, and lack of documented IOP prior to or during treatment with periocular steroid ointment. Patient data were collected regarding gender, treatment regimen, as well as IOP prior to and during treatment. Steroid responders were identified. Statistical analysis was performed using linear mixed effects models adjusting for follow-up time to test the relationship between pre and posttreatment IOP change adjusting for intereye correlations. RESULTS: Thirty-one patients were identified. Twenty-one were treated bilaterally and 10 unilaterally. Five patients were glaucoma suspects. The mean treatment period was 14.2 weeks with a range of 0.1-83.9 weeks. Patients were treated with fluorometholone (42%), loteprednol etabonate (23%), dexamethasone-neomycin-polymyxin B (13%), hydrocortisone 1% or 2.5% (3%), and tobramycin-dexamethasone (19%). In the combined sample, there was no significant IOP change even after adjusting for follow-up time (mean change: +0.44 mm Hg, p = 0.126). However, eyes with baseline IOP ≥ 14 mm Hg had a significant increase (+0.73 mm Hg/year, p = 0.032). Individual steroid responses included the following: 1 intermediate and 30 low responders, of which 19 patients had an IOP change of <1 mm Hg. One patient had a clinically significant intermediate steroid response of 7 mm Hg. CONCLUSIONS: Periocular steroid treatment causes a statistically significant rise in IOP in eyes with higher baseline IOP measurements, the risk of which increases with follow up. While this change is not always correlated with a clinically significant rise in IOP, clinicians should monitor more closely patients at greatest risk of steroid response.
Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Full articleClassification:
9.4.1 Steroid-induced glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
6.1.3 Factors affecting IOP (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.1 Intraocular pressure measurement; factors affecting IOP)
