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Glaucoma
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Definition of 'Glaucoma'An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
A clinician's guide to the assessment and management of nonadherence in glaucoma.
30 Oct 2009 
PURPOSE: To apply lessons learned in the treatment of systemic hypertension to the problem of nonadherence in glaucoma medical therapy. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Although physicians recognize that nonadherence with glaucoma medication is a problem, most ... Read more...
Patient-centered communication to assess and enhance patient adherence to glaucoma medication.
30 Oct 2009 TOPIC: Using an understanding of a patient's difficulty in revealing nonadherence and patient-centered communication skills to identify and address barriers to adherence to glaucoma medication regimens. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: In addition to cost and ... Read more...
A comprehensive perspective on patient adherence to topical glaucoma therapy.
30 Oct 2009 TOPIC: Risk factors for poor adherence or nonadherence to topical glaucoma medication regimens. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Poor adherence to glaucoma medication regimens may be associated with subsequent visual loss and irreversible optic nerve damage. ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Glaucoma'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- The perils of glaucoma surgical outcome analysis.
30 Oct 2009 - A clinician's guide to the assessment and management of nonadherence in glaucoma. 30 Oct 2009
- Patient-centered communication to assess and enhance patient adherence to glaucoma medication. 30 Oct 2009
- A comprehensive perspective on patient adherence to topical glaucoma therapy. 30 Oct 2009
- Introduction: new insights on enhancing adherence to topical glaucoma medications. 30 Oct 2009
- A neurotrophic rationale for the therapy of neurodegenerative disorders. 29 Sep 2009
- Progressive optic disc change: implications for clinical practice and trial design. 29 Sep 2009
- Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in Chinese adults in urban southern China. 29 Sep 2009
- Diabetes, metabolic abnormalities, and glaucoma. 29 Sep 2009
- Issues involving the management of the visually impaired patient. 29 Sep 2009
- Transconjunctival suturing of the scleral flap for overfiltration with hypotony maculopathy after trabeculectomy. 29 Sep 2009
- Ocular manifestation in treated multibacillary Hansen's disease. 17 Sep 2009
- Conjunctival vasculature patterns influencing the filtering bleb shape following trabeculectomy with limbal-based conjunctival flaps. 6 Sep 2009
- alpha-Luminol prevents decreases in glutamate, glutathione, and glutamine synthetase in the retinas of glaucomatous DBA/2J mice. 30 Aug 2009
- High-resolution ocular imaging: combining advanced optics and microtechnology. 30 Aug 2009
- Cataract and glaucoma case detection for Vision 2020 programs in Africa: an evaluation of 6 possible screening tests. 30 Aug 2009
- The association between self-reported glaucoma and ginkgo biloba use. 30 Aug 2009
- Physiologic significance of steady-state pattern electroretinogram losses in glaucoma: clues from simulation of abnormalities in normal subjects. 30 Aug 2009
- Myopia affects retinal nerve fiber layer measurements as determined by optical coherence tomography. 30 Aug 2009
- Long-term outcomes of needle revision of trabeculectomy blebs with mitomycin C and 5-fluorouracil: a comparative safety and efficacy report. 30 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Glaucoma'
Definition: An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Descriptor UI: D005901
Alternative terms: Glaucoma; Glaucomas;
Related Mesh Headings: Sclerostomy; Trabeculectomy; Filtering Surgery;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C11.525.381;
Technical Notes: pathol increase in intraocular pressure: differentiate from OCULAR HYPERTENSION ("intraocular pressure above normal & which may lead to glaucoma"); /surg: consider also FILTERING SURGERY or SCLEROSTOMY or TRABECULECTOMY