Angle Closure Scoring System (ACSS)-A Scoring System for Stratification of Angle Closure Disease

Angle Closure Scoring System (ACSS)-A Scoring System for Stratification of Angle Closure Disease

PURPOSE To evaluate the angle closure scoring system (ACSS) for stratifying primary angle course disease. METHODS This observational cross sectional institutional study included patients with primary open angle glaucoma suspects (n = 21) and primary angle closure disease (primary angle closure, PAC, n = 63 and primary angle course glaucoma, PACG, n = 58 (defined by International society of Ge...

Precipitation of angle closure.

(a) At zero hours intraocular pressure was measured, an anterior segment photograph was taken, and pilocarpine drops 2 per cent. and phenylephrine drops io per cent. were instilled three times at i-min. intervals. Subsequently intraocular pressure and anterior segment photographs were taken at approximately i-hr intervals; at the same time an additional drop of phenylephrine was instilled. If a...

Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma

Partial angle closure.

During the course of negative provocative test for closed-angle glaucoma using pilocarpine and phenylephrine 60% of eyes develop significant reductions in outflow facility at some stage during the test. It is shown that these reductions can be explained by postulating the presence of partial-angle closure since: (1) A random sample (6) of 53 eyes showing an abnormal response subsequently had a ...

Angle-closure glaucoma: diagnosis.

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be adopted, depending on the conditions and th...