Glaucoma — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: The drug of choice (miotic) for Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG) is _____

Answer: Pilocarpine

Extra: Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI) is the **definitive treatment** for PACG. Pilocarpine is the miotic drug of choice used to open the angle, but it is only effective once Intraocular Pressure (IOP) has been lowered below 40 mmHg (as high IOP causes iris sphincter ischemia).

Flashcard 72: Hypotonic maculopathy occurs in eyes with IOP less than _____mm Hg

Answer: 5

Flashcard 73: _____ cupping is bilaterally equal.

Answer: Physiological

Flashcard 74: Humphrey field analyser is a type of _____ perimetry

Answer: automated

Flashcard 75: _____ cornea is a risk factor for POAG development

Answer: Thin

Flashcard 76: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade _____ (10) is a very narrow angle in which only the Schwalbe line, and perhaps the top of the trabeculum, can be identified.

Answer: 1

Flashcard 77: _____ triad is seen as evidence of previous angle-closure attack.

Answer: Vogt's

Flashcard 78: Frequent changes in presbyopic glasses is a symptom of _____.

Answer: open-angle glaucoma (OAG)

Flashcard 79: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade _____ (20) is an angle in which the trabeculum but not the scleral spur can be seen.

Answer: 2

Flashcard 80: What is the earliest clinically significant visual field defect in glaucoma?_____

Answer: Relative paracentral scotoma