Normal Intraocular Pressure Values in Children

Czech version

Authors: J. Řehůřek; R. Špicarová; J. Vančurová
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika dětské oftalmologie LF MU a FN, Brno, přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Řehůřek, CSc.
Published in: Čes. a slov. Oftal., , 2000, No. 6, p. 361-365
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Overview

To assess normal intraocular pressure values of the child population the authorsexamined a group of 215 children aged 4 to 15 years with a normal ophthalmolo-gical finding, a total of 406 eyes.All tonometric examinations were made without general anaesthesia or otherpharmacological measures influencing the air-puff contact-free tonometer NT1100 NIDEK, always the mean of three reliable results.Although there were certain variations of the intraocular pressure, they were notcorrelated to the child´s age after the age of 4 years.The mean intraocular pressure in the whole group of 406 eyes was 16.08 ± 3.08 mmHg.Knowledge of normal values of the IOP in children is important for diagnosis aswell as for monitoring of already verified glaucoma.

Key words:
normal intraocular pressure, child´s eye

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