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ReviewJournal of optometry

Glaucoma history and risk factors.

Charles W McMonnies

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Review in Journal of optometry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 194 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Who cites it

194 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Charles W McMonniesSchool of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Kensington 2052, Australia. Electronic address: c.mcmonnies@unsw.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apart from the risk of developing glaucoma there is also the risk that it is not detected and irreversible loss of vision ensues. Some studies of methods of glaucoma diagnosis have examined the results of instrument-based examinations with great if not complete reliance on objective findings in arriving at a diagnosis. The very valuable advances in glaucoma detection instrument technologies, and apparent increasing dependence on them, may have led to reduced consideration of information available from a patient history in those studies. Dependence on objective evidence of glaucomatous pathology may reduce the possibility of detecting glaucoma suspects or patients at risk for becoming glaucoma suspects. A valid positive family history of glaucoma is very valuable information. However, negative family histories can often be unreliable due to large numbers of glaucoma cases being undiagnosed. No evidence of family history is appropriate rather than no family history. In addition the unreliability of a negative family history is increased when patients with glaucoma fail to inform their family members. A finding of no family history can only be stated as no known family history. In examining the potential diagnostic contribution from a patient history, this review considers, age, frailty, race, type and degree of refractive error, systemic hyper- and hypotension, vasospasm, migraine, pigmentary dispersion syndrome, pseudoexfoliation syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, diabetes, medication interactions and side effects, the degree of exposure to intraocular and intracranial pressure elevations and fluctuations, smoking, and symptoms in addition to genetics and family history of the disease.

Indexed as

GlaucomaMedical History TakingDiagnostic Techniques, OphthalmologicalHumansRisk FactorsDiagnosisDiagnósticoFactores de riesgoGlaucomaHistorialHistoryRisk factors

Identifiers

PMID27025415
PMCPMC5383456

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