Clinical spectrum of pseudoexfoliation syndrome-An electronic records audit.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate different clinical variants of pseudoexfoliation syndrome and their risk of developing ocular hypertension (OHT) or glaucoma (PXG).

Design

Cross sectional hospital based study.

Setting

All patients seen at glaucoma services of a tertiary eye care center in east India.

Methods

Electronic medical records search of hospital database including consecutive new and old cases seen during April 2013 to March 2015 was done to retrieve case sensitive words including pseudoexfoliation, PXF, PEX, PXG and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma over any part of the clinical electronic sheet of the patient. All demographic and clinical details including laterality, the pattern of deposits, need for medicines and disc damage at presentation was compared in eyes with ra

SUBMITTER: Rao A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5659605 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature