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Posture-induced intraocular pressure changes in eyes with open-angle glaucoma, primary angle closure with or without glaucoma medications, and control eyes.
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Investigative ophthalmology & visual science [Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci] 2012 Nov 13; Vol. 53 (12), pp. 7631-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Nov 13. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Purpose: To compare the posture-induced intraocular pressure (IOP) changes in eyes with open-angle glaucoma (OAG), primary angle closure (PAC) with or without glaucoma medications, and healthy control eyes with normal IOPs.<br />Methods: The IOP was measured in the sitting position (SP) and the lateral decubitus position (LDP) with a rebound tonometer. The IOP in the LDP was measured in the upper eyes 5 minutes after assuming this posture.<br />Results: Fifty-two patients with OAG, 52 with PAC, and 52 controls with normal IOPs were studied. The IOP in the SP measured with the rebound tonometer was 14.3 ± 4.0 mm Hg in eyes with OAG, 15.8 ± 4.5 mm Hg in eyes with PAC, and 13.9 ± 3.7 mm Hg in eyes with normal IOPs. None of these differences was significant (P = 0.060; ANOVA). The IOP in the LDP was significantly increased to 18.3 ± 4.6 mm Hg in eyes with OAG, 19.3 ± 4.4 mm Hg in eyes with PAC, and 17.3 ± 3.5 mm Hg in eyes with normal IOPs (P = 0.000 for all; paired t-tests). The postural IOP difference was +4.0 ± 2.2 mm Hg in OAG eyes, +3.5 ± 2.2 mm Hg in PAC eyes, and +3.4 ± 1.8 mm Hg in normal eyes, and these increases were not significantly different among the three groups (P = 0.309; ANOVA). The correlation between the posture-induced IOP changes and the axial length was not significant in each group.<br />Conclusions: Postural IOP changes are comparable among eyes with OAG, PAC with and without glaucoma medications, and control eyes.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure drug therapy
Glaucoma, Open-Angle drug therapy
Humans
Male
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Tonometry, Ocular
Antihypertensive Agents therapeutic use
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure physiopathology
Glaucoma, Open-Angle physiopathology
Intraocular Pressure physiology
Posture
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1552-5783
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23099489
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-10454