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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 12-15 |
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Types of glaucoma in a University Health Centre in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: A pilot study
Abdullatif Sami Al Rashed1, Hamad Abdulaziz Al Subaie1, Hisham Sameer Al Hathloul1, Khalid Abdullah Al Shehab1, Mansour Abdullah Al Naim1, Kaberi Feroze Kaliyadan2, Ansari Mukhtar Aleem3
1 College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3 Division of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Ansari Mukhtar Aleem
Division of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 Source of Support: Nil,, Conflict of Interest: None declared  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0189-9171.164495
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Objective: The objective was to assess the profile of different types of glaucoma in a University Health Centre in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: It is a retrospective study in which the files of the patients at King Faisal University Health Centre were reviewed. The data collected included: Age, sex, race, visual acuity, the slit lamp examination findings, the intraocular pressure (IOP) as the average of 3 readings, the cup-to-disc ratio (CDR), the visual field changes, and the details of treatment received. Results: Eighty glaucomatous eyes from 50 patients were included in the study. The mean age was 54.8 ± 12.7 years, and the mean IOP was 19 ± 3.9 mmHg that ranged from 11 to 28 mmHg. The mean CDR mean was 0.48 ± 0.16 that ranged between 0.3 and 0.9. Ninety-one percent of the visual field defects were arcuate scotomata. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) (60%) was the most predominant type of glaucoma, followed by primary angle closure glaucoma (ACG) (21.3%), secondary OAG (7.5%), and secondary ACG (6.3%). As for the anti-glaucoma medications, 88% of the studied patients were on more than one medicine. Conclusion: This pilot study has demonstrated that POAG may be the predominant type of glaucoma in Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A population-based study with a larger sample size is warranted to confirm the outcome and to provide a baseline data on the prevalence of types of glaucoma in this region of KSA. |
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