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19038619

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
Risk calculators may simplify the management of ocular hypertension and glaucoma patients and provide evidence-based treatment. Risk calculators are not new to medicine. Medical providers use risk calculators to guide decision-making for the risk of a chromosomal abnormality in neonates, osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, and cardiovascular disease in adults. This article describes the current knowledge of risk calculators in ophthalmology. Clinicians should recognize that the current risk calculators do not include critical information guiding treatment such as life expectancy and patient's willingness to commit to years of eye drops. Overall, eye-care providers should consider the results of a risk calculator as supplemental information when treating an ocular hypertension or glaucoma patient.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0039-6257
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53 Suppl1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S11-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic tools for calculation of glaucoma risk.
pubmed:affiliation
Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Health System, Portland, Oregon 97210, USA. smansberger@deverseye.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural