Objective: To determine the association of systemic diseases, as well as smoking and alcohol with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in adults over 40 years age.
Method: A revision of the records of patients older than 40 years aged who had been diagnosed with glaucoma, which were selected at the outpatient care dept. Information was obtained through the automated hospital information system, which included socio-demographic and clinical variables.
Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic ability of the ibopamine provocative test for early glaucoma detection.
Method: A sample of 44 patients with suspicious optic discs was recruited and compared with 37 controls with normal optic discs and no ocular pathology. The ibopamine test was performed in all patients who were then followed up with diagnostic tests for glaucoma, visual fields, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.