The Risk of Intraocular Pressure Elevation in Pediatric Noninfectious Uveitis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To characterize the risk and risk factors for intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation in pediatric noninfectious uveitis.

Design

Multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Participants

Nine hundred sixteen children (1593 eyes) younger than 18 years at presentation with noninfectious uveitis followed up between January 1978 and December 2007 at 5 academic uveitis centers in the United States.

Methods

Medical records review by trained, certified experts.

Main outcome measures

Prevalence and incidence of IOP of 21 mmHg or more and 30 mmHg or more and incidence of a rise in IOP by 10 mmHg or more. To avoid underascertainment, outcomes were counted as present when IOP-lowering therapies were in use.

Results

Initially, 251 (15.8%) and 46 eyes (2.9%) h

SUBMITTER: Kothari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4581960 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature