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OCULAR HYPERTENSION
Author(s) -
LINNÉR ERIK
Publication year - 1978
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.1755-3768.1978.tb01344.x
Subject(s) - intraocular pressure , glaucoma , acetazolamide , medicine , carbonic anhydrase inhibitor , carbonic anhydrase , ophthalmology , ocular hypertension , elevated intraocular pressure , blood pressure , chemistry , enzyme , biochemistry
The intraocular pressure before and three h after oral administration of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor was measured in one normotensive, one hypertensive as well as two glaucoma groups. The ratio between the outflow pressure after and before this treatment was estimated. The percentage outflow pressure was found to be about 50% in the normotensive group and in the two glaucoma groups, but in the hypertensive group 68%. This carbonic anhydrase inhibitor test (CAI‐test) seems to give additional information which can improve the possibility of differentiating between high normative pressure and early glaucoma prior to glaucomatous lesions.