title: Intraocular pressure and visual field defects.
abstract: During a five-year study period, therapeutic levels of intraocular pressure (IOP) and visual field defects were assessed in 108 patients with open-angle glaucoma. In a group of 53 glaucoma patients with non-progressive visual field changes (mean age 65.2 +/- 6.3 years), the IOP level was 15.8 +/- 2.6 mm Hg, whereas in a group of 58 patients with progressive visual field changes (mean age 68.7 +/- 8.3 years) the IOP level was 19.9 +/- 2.9 mm Hg. Study results suggested that preservation of the visual field in glaucoma patients requires therapeutic IOP levels of < 16 mm Hg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Split University Hospital, Croatia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bojić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cerovski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ivanisević
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stanić
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014794:Visual Fields