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A system for a computer‐assisted glaucoma care unit
Author(s) -
Holmin Catharina,
Krakau C. E. T.
Publication year - 1986
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.1755-3768.1986.tb06886.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , presentation (obstetrics) , unit (ring theory) , optometry , medicine , computer science , ophthalmology , surgery , psychology , mathematics education
A computerized system for a glaucoma care unit is described. The aim is to examine and record every patient classified as a case of glaucoma in a way which permits subsequent use of the data in studies of the natural history of glaucoma. A main topic concerns the choice of those examinations, treatments etcetera which have to be included in the records to satisfy clinical and scientific requirements. The system is distensible by allowing the introduction of new parameters to be introduced. Graphic presentation of IOP and visual field development over long periods improve the surveyability to a large measure. So far about 200 patients from the glaucoma care unit have been included in the system.