Posture-induced Intraocular Pressure Changes: Considerations Regarding Body Position in Glaucoma Patients

Abstract Although glaucoma is a multifactorial disease, elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) remains the most important known risk factor. Different systemic and local factors are thought to influence an individual's IOP. There can be a clinically significant rise in IOP when going from upright...

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Published in:	Survey of ophthalmology Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 445 - 453
Main Authors:	Prata, Tiago Santos, MD, De Moraes, Carlos G.V., MD, Kanadani, Fabio N., MD, Ritch, Robert, MD, Paranhos, Augusto, MD, PhD
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-09-2010 Elsevier
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences glaucoma Glaucoma - physiopathology Glaucoma and intraocular pressure head position Humans Intraocular Pressure - physiology intraocular pressure fluctuation Medical sciences Miscellaneous Ophthalmology postural changes Posture - physiology sleep time supine position head position intraocular pressure fluctuation postural changes supine position glaucoma sleep time Glaucoma Human Protozoa Head position Fluctuations Posture Eye disease Sleep Glaucoma (eye) Ciliata Ophthalmology Intraocular pressure
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