The role of self-dependent tonometry in improving diagnostics and treatment of patients with open angle glaucoma

Abstract

Monitoring intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma at different stages of the deve­lopment of the disease using self-measurement by a portable Icare® HOME tonometer. In study, patients were divided into 3 groups depending on the treatment prescribed. With the help of near-day monitoring, hidden IOP elevations that are not recorded during a single IOP measurement on an outpatient appointment with a doctor were detected. Perspective possibilities of prescribing drugs and regulating the mode of instillation on the basis of individual time periods of increasing intraocular pressure on the example of one of the patient. Assessment of the convenience of the method from the personal experience of using the device by patients.