This scenario covers the emergency management in primary care of suspected acute glaucoma when immediate admission is not practical.
Category: Glaucoma
Glaucoma – Diagnosis of glaucoma and ocular hypertension
This scenario covers when to suspect acute or chronic glaucoma, and how to identify people at high risk of glaucoma who should be advised to have their eyes tested.
Glaucoma – Chronic open angle glaucoma -confirmed or suspected- or ocular hypertension
This scenario describes the primary healthcare professional’s role in the shared care management of chronic open angle glaucoma (confirmed or suspected) or ocular hypertension.
Glaucoma and ocular hypertension
This CKS topic is based on the guideline Glaucoma: diagnosis and management of chronic open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension developed by the National institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and takes account of guidelines developed b…
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT) Technology for Treating Open-Angle Glaucoma to be Featured on the Discovery Channel
I received the following press release from Lumenis, that it’s SLT technology was going to be featured on the Discovery Channel’s Health Heroes program during the September 24-27, 2010 period. It got me thinking about how I have always been a belie…
Glaucoma and Ocular Surface Disease: Differentiating Between Disease and Treatment Side Effects
Drs. Robert Fechtner and Clark Springs discuss how best to manage 2 challenging cases of patients with co-occurring glaucoma and ocular surface disease. Full Story →
Pressure-Independent Approaches to the Treatment of Glaucoma
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Is neuroprotection a viable treatment option for glaucoma? Drs. Robert Weinreb, Jay Katz, and Theodore Krupin explore the possibilit…
ARVO 2010 Expert Video: Glaucoma Treatment Highlights
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In this video commentary, Dr. Katz comments on the interesting developments in drug therapy for glaucoma presented at ARVO 2010.
ARVO 2010 Expert Video: Diagnostic Approaches to Glaucoma
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In this video commentary from ARVO 2010, Dr. Katz reports on exciting new modalities in the diagnosis of glaucoma. How will they aff…
Glaucoma with comorbid diabetes
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Is Variation in IOP Over 24 Hours Important?
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Tools for Monitoring Disease Progression in Glaucoma
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Diagnostic modalities and the early detection of glaucoma
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The Tube vs Trabeculectomy Study: one-year follow up
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Spontaneous IOP fluctuation and the Monocular Drug Trial
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