Glaucoma — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: Hypotonic maculopathy occurs in eyes with IOP less than _____mm Hg

Answer: 5

Flashcard 72: The drug of choice (miotic) for Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG) is _____

Answer: Pilocarpine

Extra: Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI) is the **definitive treatment** for PACG. Pilocarpine is the miotic drug of choice used to open the angle, but it is only effective once Intraocular Pressure (IOP) has been lowered below 40 mmHg (as high IOP causes iris sphincter ischemia).

Flashcard 73: _____ cupping is bilaterally equal.

Answer: Physiological

Flashcard 74: _____ triad is seen as evidence of previous angle-closure attack.

Answer: Vogt's

Flashcard 75: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade _____ (10) is a very narrow angle in which only the Schwalbe line, and perhaps the top of the trabeculum, can be identified.

Answer: 1

Flashcard 76: Humphrey field analyser is a type of _____ perimetry

Answer: automated

Flashcard 77: _____ cornea is a risk factor for POAG development

Answer: Thin

Flashcard 78: Perkin's tonometer is a type of _____ tonometer

Answer: Applanation

Flashcard 79: Frequent changes in presbyopic glasses is a symptom of _____.

Answer: open-angle glaucoma (OAG)

Flashcard 80: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade _____ (20) is an angle in which the trabeculum but not the scleral spur can be seen.

Answer: 2