THE ROLE OF SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE IN GLAUCOMA PROGRESSION.

The present paper aims to highlight the role of arterial hypotension in the progression of glaucoma. The data analyzed in this study was collected in a prospective manner for a period of one year, from september 2013 to august 2014. It includes newly diagnosed glaucoma patients treated with prostaglandin analogues and who have presented within normal range values of intraocular pressure during the study.

Tobacco-alcohol optic neuropathy--clinical challenges in diagnosis.

Part of the large group of nutritional and toxic optic neuropathies, tobacco-alcohol optic neuropathy is a disease often underdiagnosed or detected at a stage when the full recovery of vision is not possible. This article summarizes its signs and symptoms, describes the pathophysiological processes involved and provides the necessary information for diagnosis and treatment of the entity previously known as tobacco-alcohol amblyopia, reporting in the end, a challenging case along with its findings.

The corticosteroids effect on corneal endothelial cell in pulse therapy, specific to the cataract surgery.

Rationale: We suspect a protective role of corticosteroids in pulse therapy in cataract surgery Objective: The monitoring of the corticosteroids effect in pulse therapy after cataract surgery, associated with conventional therapy drugs on endothelial cells.

Methods: According to the effective phacoemulsification time (EPT), we have created a lot with hard cataract (EPT>10s) and a lot with soft cataract (EPT<10s). Each lot had a control group treated with local steroids and a study group treated with local steroids to which steroids in pulse therapy were associated postoperative for 3 days.