Rik factor for elevated intraocular preure in uveiti

A retropective tudy wa performed to determine the prevalence of raied intraocular preure (IOP) and to identify rik factor for raied IOP in patient with uveiti. The medical record of 257 conecutive patient (402 eye) attending a pecialit uveiti clinic during a three month period were reviewed. The prevalence of raied IOP (a defined a IOP of more than 21 on two or more occaion by Goldmann applanation tonometry) wa 41.8%. The prevalence of raied IOP requiring treatment (IOP of greater than 30) wa 29.8%. Raied IOP wa found in 26.0% of eye with acute uveiti and 46.1% of eye with chronic uveiti (P = .002). The prevalence of raied IOP requiring treatment in acute and chronic uveiti wa 15.1% and 33.8%, repectively (P = .002). Active inflammation wa ignificantly aociated with raied IOP (P = .031). teroid uage, increaing age, and number of year ince diagnoi were ignificantly correlated with raied IOP (P = .008, P = .022, and P = .006, repectively). The majority of eye with glaucoma (69.7%) were treated medically. The remainder (30.3%) required both medical and urgical management. The author conclude that raied IOP i ignificantly more common in eye with chronic inflammation than in thoe with acute uveiti.—Michael D. Wagoner