Evaluation of discomfort of Goldmann tonometry without anaesthetic

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 854-859

  Baptista, António Manuel Gonçalves ^a   De Sousa, Raul Alberto Ribeiro Correia ^b   Serra, Pedro Miguel ^c   Abreu, Cristina Maria da Silva ^b   Da Silva, Carlos Manuel Lima Reis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Clinical Practice   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(IOP); Anaesthetic; Glaucoma; Goldmann tonometer; Intraocular pressure; Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958548090     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2010.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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