title: Use of water-drinking tonography in mass screening for glaucoma.
abstract: The results of mass screening for glaucoma of workers in a factory in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, are reported. At the first-stage examination, tonometry was performed with standardized Schiøtz tonometers on 1,527 subjects (3,054 eyes) with no ocular symptoms. When the tension was 5.0/5.5 gm or higher, the patient was regarded as a preliminary suspect and a detailed ophthalmologic examination was recommended. The second-stage examination, in the University Clinic included campimetry, vision tests, water-drinking tonography, tonometry with applanation and Schiøtz tonometers, funduscopy and gonioscopy. Of the 239 (381 eyes) preliminary suspects, 79 came to the Clinic for the second-stage examination. Water-drinking tonography, done on 104 eyes with tension of greater than 5.0/5.5 gm, revealed that 48 had a Po/C ratio greater than 100, which strongly suggests the presence of glaucoma. In water-drinking tonography, a Po/C ratio greater than 100 was noted in about 34% of 58 eyes with a tension of 4.25/5.5-5.0/5.5 gm, suggesting that the index for separating glaucoma suspects from normals could be brought down to the level of 5.0/5.5 gm. The over-all percentage of glaucoma cases found was 1.3%. The efficacy of water-drinking tonography in mass screening for glaucoma has been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Chiba University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitazawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004326:Drinking; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water