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8013702

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
A prospective study was undertaken to assess whether the level of intraocular pressure (IOP) on the first day after cataract surgery could be estimated by clinical examination only, thereby removing the need for applanation tonometry. A total of 70 patients underwent uncomplicated extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. The following day a Consultant, Registrar and Senior House Officer were asked to identify those patients with significantly raised IOP (> 27 mmHg) using slit lamp examination only. A fourth examiner, masked to the assessments of the three observers, measured the IOP using the Goldmann applanation tonometer. Pressures of > 27 mmHg by Goldmann tonometry were found in 10 patients (14%) of which 8 (80%) were missed by all three ophthalmologists. Formal measurement of IOP appears a necessary part of the post-operative assessment after uncomplicated cataract surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0950-222X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8 ( Pt 1)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Is measuring intraocular pressure necessary on the first post-operative day following uncomplicated cataract surgery?
pubmed:affiliation
Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article