Effect of hospitalization on intraocular pressure in patients with high tension and normal tension glaucoma.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the effect of hospitalization on intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma patients.


METHODS
Prospective case series.


METHODS
IOP was measured on three consecutive days in 26 high-tension (HTG) and 13 normal-tension (NTGwm) glaucoma patients under IOP-lowering treatment, and in 28 normal-tension glaucoma patients without IOP-lowering treatment (NTGnm), and change was compared by analysis of variance.


RESULTS
IOP decreased significantly, but comparably, in the three groups and between right and left eyes, although, the relative change to IOP on day 1 was significantly less pronounced in the group without treatment on day 2 and 3 compared with the treated groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Glaucoma patients showed a significant decrease in IOP during hospitalization. Although this decrease was more pronounced among the treated patients, it was also present in nontreated patients. Consequently, other factors than improved compliance during hospitalization must play a role in this phenomenon.
Haufschild
Timo
T
University Eye Clinic Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Orgül
Selim
S
Flammer
Josef
J
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular