Comparison of Perkins, Tono-Pen and Schiøtz tonometers in paediatric patients under general anaesthesia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1365-1371

  Gharaei, H ^a   Kargozar, A ^a   Raygan, F ^a   Daneshvar, Rada ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLAUCOMA; INSTRUMENTATION; IRAN; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRAN; MALE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 59949086641     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Rouland JF, Berdeaux G, Lafuma A. The economic burden of glaucoma and ocular hypertension: implications for patient management: a review. Drugs & aging, 2005, 22(4):315-21.
2. Wilson MR. Epidemiological features of glaucoma. International ophthalmology clinics, 1990, 30(3):153-60.
3. Van der Jagt LH, Jansonius NM. Three portable tonometers, the TGDc-01, the ICARE and the Tonopen XL, compared with each other and with Goldmann applanation tonometry. Ophthalmic & physiological optics, 2005, 25(5):429-35.
4. Hitchings RA. Screening for glaucoma. British medical journal, 1986, 292(6519):505-6.
5. Leydhecker W. The intraocular pressure: clinical aspects. Annals of ophthalmology, 1976, 8(4):389-92, 395-9.
6. Armaly MF. Schiotz tonometer calibration and applanation tonometry. Archives of ophthalmology, 1960, 64:426-32.
7. Bengtsson B. Comparison of Schiotz and Goldmann tonometry in a population. Acta ophthalmologica, 1972, 50(4):445-57.
8. Mackay RS, Marg E. Fast, automatic, electronic tonometers based on an exact theory. Acta ophthalmologica, 1959, 37:495-507.
9. Mackay RS, Marg E, Oechsli R. Automatic tonometer with exact theory: various biological applications. Science, 1960, 131:1668-9.
10. Wessels IF, Oh Y. Tonometer utilization, accuracy, and calibration under field conditions. Archives of ophthalmology, 1990, 108(12):1709-12.
11. Kass MA. Standardizing the measurement of intraocular pressure for clinical research. Guidelines from the Eye Care Technology Forum. Ophthalmology, 1996, 103(1):183-5.
12. Altman DG. Practical statistics for medical research. London, Chapman and Hall, 1991.
13. Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet, 1986, 1(8476):307-10.
14. Abramson JH, Gahlinger PM, eds. Computer programs for epidemiologists: PEPI version 4.0. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sagebrush Press, 2001.
15. Motolko MA et al. Sources of variability in the results of applanation tonometry. Canadian journal of ophthalmology, 1982, 17(3):93-5.
16. Dielemans I et al. Reliability of intraocular pressure measurement with the Goldmann applanation tonometer in epidemiological studies. Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology, 1994, 232(3):141-4.
17. Phelps CD, Phelps GK. Measurement of intraocular pressure: a study of its reproducibility. Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 1976, 198(1):39-43.
18. Bordon AF, Katsumi O, Hirose T. Tonometry in pediatric patients: a comparative study among Tono-pen, Perkins, and Schiotz tonometers. Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, 1995, 32(6):373-7.
19. Minckler DS et al. Clinical evaluation of the Oculab Tono-Pen. American journal of ophthalmology, 1987, 104(2):168-73.
20. Frenkel RE, Hong YJ, Shin DH. Comparison of the Tono-Pen to the Goldmann applanation tonometer. Archives of ophthalmology, 1988, 106(6):750-3.
21. Armstrong TA. Evaluation of the Tono-Pen and the Pulsair tonometers. American journal of ophthalmology, 1990, 109(6):716-20.
22. Midelfart A, Wigers A. Clinical comparison of the ProTon and Tono-Pen tonometers with the Goldmann applanation tonometer. British journal of ophthalmology, 1994, 78(12):895-8.
23. Wingert TA et al. Clinical evaluation of five portable tonometers. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 1995, 66(11):670-4.
24. Iester M et al. New Tonopen XL: comparison with the Goldmann tonometer. Eye, 2001, 15(1):52-8.
25. Bafa M et al. Clinical comparison of the measurement of the IOP with the ocular blood flow tonometer, the Tonopen XL and the Goldmann applanation tonometer. Acta ophthalmologica scandinavica, 2001, 79(1):15-8.