SCHIOTZ TONOMETRY FOR GLAUCOMA - ARE THERE SIMPLE ALTERNATIVES

Authors
KOK M BERENDSCHOT TTJM HARDUS P
Citation
M. Kok et al., SCHIOTZ TONOMETRY FOR GLAUCOMA - ARE THERE SIMPLE ALTERNATIVES, TM & IH. Tropical medicine & international health, 3(3), 1998, pp. 210-213
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
TM & IH. Tropical medicine & international health → ACNP
ISSN journal
13602276
Volume
3
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
210 - 213
Database
ISI
SICI code
1360-2276(1998)3:3<210:STFG-A>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
In the period from October 1991 until August 1992, 864 eye-patients in a rural area in south-east Nigeria were examined in order to find sim ple parameters for the screening of glaucoma simplex. Schiotz tonometr y was used as the gold standard. Investigation of the pupil-reaction w ith a torch, estimation of the pressure of the (closed) eye by digital palpation, and estimations of the cup/disc ratio by ophthalmoscopy ca n be used as an alternative.