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Screening for glaucoma with a non‐mydriatic fundus camera
Author(s) -
Tuulonen Anja,
Airaksinen P. Juhani,
Montagna Antonio,
Nieminen Heikki
Publication year - 1990
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.1755-3768.1990.tb01674.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , ophthalmology , optometry , fundus camera , fundus (uterus) , medicine , ophthalmoscopy , retinal
. 183 first‐degree relatives of glaucoma patients were photographed by a technician with non‐mydriatic fundus camera in order to study the suitability of wide angle black‐and‐white fundus photographs in screening for glaucoma. The success rate of photography was 92%. The optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer abnormalities were evaluated from the photographs by an ophthalmologist. 31 subjects (17%) were referred to further ophthalmological examinations. We found 6 (3%) new glaucomas. In addition, in 6 patients (3%) retinal nerve fiber layer defect was the only abnormality, 5 subjects (3%) showed a hemorrhage and 2 eyes had collateral vessels as a sign of asymptomatic venous stasis change at the optic disc. Only 1 of the 6 (17%) patients with glaucoma would have been found with tonometry alone. The results of this study indicate that non‐mydriatic retinal camera is a useful tool in screening for glaucoma.