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Top Four of the 10th Spanish Glaucoma Society Meeting
Madrid, Spain, March 5-7, 2015
Julian García Feijoo
- Spanish Glaucoma Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)
The scientific based evidence about epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment was registered in this CPG. The second CPG on closed-angle glaucoma is available in: Muñoz-Negrete et al. GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PRIMARY ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2015; 90:119.
(FJ Muñoz-Negrete, A Azuara-Blanco) - Initial Treatment for Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma
Management options of OHT and the results of a cost-effectiveness study led by Jen Burr (2012) were discussed. Using systematic reviews, validation of the risk calculator for conversion to glaucoma based on the OHTS-EGPS in different cohorts, and economic modelling with a UK perspective it was found that monitoring intervals of 2 years were the most cost-effective option.
(A Azuara-Blanco) - Microglia in mouse retina contralateral to experimental glaucoma
exhibit multiple signs of activation in all retinal layers
In an experimental model of unilateral laser induced ocular hypertension, retinal microglia exhibited several quantitative and qualitative signs of activation in both the hypertensive and the contralateral eye, although these were stronger in the former. Such activation extended beyond the ganglion cell layer, involving all retinal layers. Differences between the two eyes could help to elucidate glaucoma pathophysiology.
(Spanish Glaucoma Society Research Award. Presenter: Blanca Rojas) - Optic nerve head hemoglobin levels in chilhood glaucoma patients
The Laguna ONhE program determines the optic nerve hemoglobin levels (ONH-Hb) by analyzing conventional fundus images. In this prospective study 66 patients with childhood glaucoma and 68 healthy children were examined. In childhood glaucoma patients the program’s glaucoma diagnostic indices and ONH-Hb were abnormal and cup-disc ratio was higher, indicating the diagnostic capacity of this noninvasive procedure in childhood glaucoma.
(C Mendez-Hernandez)
