[Why is the Schiötz tonometer not suitable for measuring intraocular pressure? (author's transl)].
The log delta P/delta V-relation curve, as established in human eyes in vivo by new clinical procedure, is shallower than when measured on enucleated eyes and, at least in a number of eyes, not linear. Thus the bases of Friedewald's nomogram are no longer valid and, consequently, the Schiötz tonometer--and all other tonometers inducing volume displacements of more tha 1 microliter--are useless.
D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008433:Mathematics; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000295:instrumentation*
Warum ist das selbst mit grösster Sorgfalt geeichte Schiötz-Tonometer nicht geeignet den Augendruck zu messen?