IOP Flashcards

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Normal IOP range

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10-21mmHg

  • diurnal variations (higher in the AM)
  • > 2mmHg difference suspicious
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Factors affecting IOP

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  • genetics
  • environment
  • physiology
  • ethnicity
  • refractive error
  • diurnal and postural variation
  • exertional influences
  • eyelid and eye movement
  • intraocular conditions
  • systemic conditions
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Genetics and IOP

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  • twin studies: IOP highly correlated between monozygotic than dizygotic twins
  • some studies show a gene that contributes to variances in IOP
  • blue mounts eye, beaver dam
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Environment and decreased IOP

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  • cold air: due to decreased EVP
  • general anesthesia: high concentration in infants and hcildren and ocular trauma with ruptured globe
  • heroine and MJ
  • acute doses of alcohol: due to possible inhibition of aqueous secretion
  • nutritional diet: fruits, vegetables, omega-3 FA; also possible reduced risk of glaucoma
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Environment and increased IOP

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  • reduced gravity: due to cephalad shifts in intravascualr and extravascular body fluids
  • tobacco smoking: immediately after smoking; due to vasconstriction and elevated EVP
  • LSD
  • corticosteroids
  • caffeine
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Why do anticholinergics, antihistamines, decongestants, and psychiatric medications contraindicated in patients with glaucoma

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Due to risk of pupillary block glaucoma or acute angle closure glaucoma in pateitns with anatomically narrow angles

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Scopolamine dermal patches and glaucoma

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Assocaited with acute angle closure glaucoma, but no direct effect on IOP

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Dietary supplements and increased IOP

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Research still needed

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Gender and IOP

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  • no major effect in 20-40 yo

- >40 yo: increase in mean IOP with increasing age is greater in women than men. Coincides with onset of menopause

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Age and IOP

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  • generally IOP increases with age
  • children have lower IOPs than adults (does ability to take IOPs factor in?)
  • aging effects: reduced faciltiy of aqueous outflow and uveoscleral outflow with decrease in aqueous production, episcleral venous pressure has no change
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Ethnicity and IOP

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  • increased risk of POAG in AA (thinner corneas, greates CD and higher IOP)
  • increased angle closure in Asian
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Refractive errors and IOP

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Infants
-increased IOP: axial myopia, seen in bupthalmos

Older children: positive correlation between IOP and axial length of globe and increasing degrees of myopia

Adutls
-conflicting studies if myopia is a risk factors

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Diurnal and postural variation of IOP

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  • highest during daytime
  • IOP elevation at nighttime (supine position)
  • whole-body- head-down tilt position leads to increase in IOP (increase EVP)
  • in office can take multiple IOP pressures: every 2 hours from AM to evening, and stimulate nighttime by placing patient in supine position
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Exertional influences and decreased IOP

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Exercise

  • helpful in patients with and without glaucoma
  • watch patients with pigment dispersion syndrome/glaucoma: exercise can induce AC pigment dispersion-increase in IOP; consider low dose pilocarpine before exercise to cause miosis to minimize contact between midperipheral iris and zonules
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Exertional influences and increased IOP

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  • straining
  • valsalva maneuver
  • electroshock therapy
  • playing a high resistance musical instrument
  • overweight patients in Goldman
  • possible mechanism: elevated EVP, uveal engorgement, increased orbicualris tone
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Eyelid and eye movement and IOP

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  • blinking can increase IOP by 10mmHg
  • hard eyelid squeeze can increase IOP to 90mmHg
  • voluntary eyelid figure widening can increased IOP by 2mmHg
  • up gaze and during strab surgery can increase IOP
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Intraocular conditions: decreased IOP

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  • anterior uveitis without angle abnormalities: due to decrease in aqueous production and increase uveoscleral
  • rhegmatogenous RD: due to reduced aqueous flow and shunting of aqueous from posterior chamber through vitreous and retinal hole into subretinal space and across RPE
18
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HTN and glaucoma

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  • increases risk for glaucoma
  • positive correlation between HTN and IOP in Latinos, Japanese, angling menm presents of mixed African decent blue mountains eye study cohort, whites in beaver dam eye study
19
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Types of tonometer

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Indentation
Applanation
Noncontact
Rebound

20
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Indentation of tonometry

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Shiotz

Indentation shape on cornea

21
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Types of indentation tonometry

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Goldman and Perkins

22
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NCT

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Puff of air

23
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Rebound tonometry

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Icare

  • no anesthetic
  • good for children
  • good for special needs
  • easy
  • accuracy similar to tonopen
24
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Factors effecting tonometry

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-thinner corneas underestimate ( <555)
-thicker corneas overestimates
(>588)
-effected by refractive surgery, corneal disease

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Measureing CTT
Pachymetry - 1mmHg change for each 10 microns - thinner corneas add mmHg - thicker corneas minus mmHg
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Gold standard tonometry
Goldmann
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Similar to GAT
Perkins and icare
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Lower reactions to GAt
Shiotz
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Tonopen in higher ranges
Underestimates
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Tonopen in lower ranges
Overestimates
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What drop could you give someone to help with pigment dispersion syndrome that runs a lot
Pilocarpine