WASHINGTON — The difficulty of obtaining a correct IOP reading, the risks involved with anesthesia and the challenges of classifying pediatric glaucoma can make the treatment course for a pediatric patient complicated, according to a speaker here.
Simply determining a diagnosis of glaucoma in pediatric patients is difficult. Obtaining accurate IOP readings in young patients is a difficult task and may only be possible when a patient is feeding or sleeping, Allen D. Beck, MD, said at the American Glaucoma Society annual meeting.
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