How can we improve the detection of glaucoma?
- 4 March 1995
- Vol. 310 (6979) , 546-547
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6979.546
Abstract
Although a high proportion of the relevant population attends opticians fairly regularly, the standard of testing for glaucoma is uneven.4 5 6 7 A recent large survey has shown that optometrists who routinely used tonometry detected over twice as many glaucomas as did optometrists who relied mainly on ophthalmoscopy.7 8 Those who, in addition, used perimetry in most patients at high risk of glaucoma detected over three times as many glaucomas, while routine perimetry yielded …Keywords
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