Breast cancer medical malpractice litigation in New York: The past 10 years.

Medical error is a leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., with diagnostic errors comprising the majority of errors.

Goldmann applanation tonometry and dynamic contour tonometry are not correlated with central corneal thickness in primary open angle glaucoma.

Purpose: To compare intraocular pressure (IOP) measured by Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) and dynamic contour tonometry (DCT) and assess their relationship to central corneal thickness (CCT) in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (OAG).

Patients And Methods: GAT, DCT, and CCT were assessed in 116 patients with OAG [mean age 65.9 (10.

Ocular blood flow and oxygen delivery to the retina in primary open-angle glaucoma patients: the addition of dorzolamide to timolol monotherapy.

Purpose: To assess the effects of adding dorzolamide to timolol monotherapy on ocular haemodynamics and retinal oxygen saturation in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

Methods: Twenty-four patients (12 healthy, 12 with POAG) were treated with dorzolamide/timolol combination (DT) versus timolol maleate 0.5% twice daily in a randomized, crossover, double-blind study conducted over a period of 18 months.