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Abstract #8836 Published in IGR 5-1
Study of circadian (diurnal) rhythm of intraocular pressure in healthy persons and patients with glaucoma
Ustinov SN; Katinas GS; Baigusheva SSVestnik Oftalmologii 2003; 119: 13-16
Thirty-five patients (65 eyes) were examined; ten patients (18 eyes) had no glaucoma or ophthalmic hypertension, and 25 (47 eyes) had open-angle glaucoma stages I-III. Glaucomatous patients were divided into two groups: one group was examined in hospital (26 clinical studies), and the other in policlinics (21 clinical studies). The studies resulted in a nearly daily rhythm correlating with the modern chronological and biological recommendations, i.e., nine measurements over four days were made in hospital, and 11 measurements over five days were made in policlinics. Such a tonometry method was proven to have advantages over Maslennikov's daily tonometry. It was established that the cyclic nature of fluctuations of intraocular pressure (IOP) is individual, not only for each person but also for each eye. The data obtained support the advisability of measuring IOP using the chronological and biological method in diagnostically complicated situations, in so-called glaucoma with pseudonormal IOP, and in choosing the treatment schemes for patients with glaucoma.LA: Russian
Classification:
6.1 Intraocular pressure measurement; factors affecting IOP (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)
