title: Normal intraocular pressure in children.
abstract: The age-related trend values and the normal intraocular pressure (IOP) increase curve from birth through the 16th year of life were studied in 460 subjects with a noncontact tonometer (Keeler Pulsair, Keeler, Ltd, Windsor, Berks, UK). Much lower values than in adults were recorded in subjects up to the age of 3 or 4 years. This finding leads us to believe that in the treatment of infantile glaucoma IOP should be kept within the age physiologic levels, in an attempt to prevent visual field loss and optic atrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pensiero
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Da Pozzo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perissutti
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cavallini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guerra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular