[Comparative study between diurnal intraocular pressure curve and the association of ambulatory intraocular pressure curve with the water-drinking test in open angle glaucoma, normal tension glaucoma and normal eyes].

Purpose: To evaluate and correlate the peaks and the fluctuation of intraocular pressure seen in the association of the ambulatory intraocular pressure curve with the water-drinking test versus the peaks and the fluctuation seen in the daily intraocular pressure curve.

Methods: The sample was as follows: 77 eyes belonging to 77 patients who were divided into three groups composed of 31 eyes belonging to 31 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, 26 eyes belonging to 26 patients with normal tension glaucoma and 20 normal eyes belonging to 20 individuals.

Results: A significant correlation could be observed between the pressure peaks collected from the daily intraocular pressure curve and the pressure peaks seen in the ambulatory intraocular pressure curve, on the water-drinking test, as well as in the association of the ambulatory intraocular pressure curve with the water-drinking test.

[Relationship between corneal thickness and severity of visual field loss in primary open-angle glaucoma].

Purpose: To assess whether central corneal thickness is related to glaucomatous visual field loss severity among patients with office-controlled intraocular pressure in the normal range.

Methods: This transversal study included 85 eyes of 85 patients with treated primary open-angle glaucoma and documented intraocular pressure below 19 mmHg. The patients were divided into three groups according to Anderson criteria of field abnormality.