General

No CPD Points

Course Summary

Gus Gazzard & Polly Dulley (Part 1 – 19:15; Part 2 – 12:31)

Polly Dulley talks to Gus Gazzard, a consultant specializing in glaucoma and cataracts at Moorfields, about normal tension glaucoma. Worldwide, glaucoma is the second-leading cause of blindness after cataracts, affecting one in 200 people under the age of fifty, and one in ten people over eighty. Most kinds of glaucoma involve damage to the optic nerve associated with elevated intraocular pressure, but this is not the case with normal tension glaucoma. Less is known about this form of glaucoma, also known as normal pressure glaucoma or low tension glaucoma, despite it representing a significant proportion of glaucoma cases. This interview is split into two parts: the first part focuses on how the disease differs from other forms of glaucoma; in the second part, Polly asks Gus about treatment options.

First published in DOCET OQ84 (2012).

    ◄Audio track – Part 2 (~13 mins)Evaluation►

    More information and references

    More information and references

    References:

    • Ahrlich KG, et al (2010) Visual field progression differences between normal-tension and exfoliative high-tension glaucoma. Investigative ophthal. & vis. sci. 51(3), 1458-1463
    • Berdahl JP, et al (2008) Intracranial pressure in primary open angle glaucoma, normal tension glaucoma, and ocular hypertension: a case–control study. Investigative ophthal. & vis. sci. 49(12), 5412-5418
    • Drance S, Anderson DR, Schulzer M (2001) Risk factors for progression of visual field abnormalities in normal-tension glaucoma. American journal of ophthalmology 131(6), 699-708
    • Lestak J (2012) High tension versus normal tension glaucoma. A comparison of structural and functional examinations. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology

      ◄Audio track – Part 2 (~13 mins)Evaluation►