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EARLY EFFECTS OF EPINEPHRINE AND PILOCARPINE ON THE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND THE EPISCLERAL VENOUS PRESSURE IN THE NORMAL HUMAN EYE
Author(s) -
WILKE KENNERTH
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1974.tb00372.x
Subject(s) - pilocarpine , intraocular pressure , medicine , epinephrine , ophthalmology , venous pressure , anesthesia , glaucoma , hemodynamics , psychiatry , epilepsy
Topical instillation of one drop of epinephrine 1% and pilocarpine 2% in normal human eyes were found to give a transient increase of the intraocular pressure (IOP) and the episcleral venous pressure (P rv ) of about 2 to 5.5 mmHg. The maxima were reached in 5 to 10 minutes after instillation. During the rising phase the change of the P rv preceded that of the IOP.