Acute angle closure glaucoma: An evaluation of a protocol for acute treatment

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 613-616

  Choong, Yee Fong ^a   Irfan, Sameera ^a   Menage, Mitchel J ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute angle closure glaucoma; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARTEOLOL; GLYCEROL; MANNITOL; OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT; PILOCARPINE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OPTIC DISK; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032714876     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.168     Document Type: Article

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