Debate: That We Should Eliminate the Term 'Normal Tension Glaucoma' Position: Pro (Video)

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Identifier 20150226_nanos_neurologyofglaucoma1_08
Title Debate: That We Should Eliminate the Term 'Normal Tension Glaucoma' Position: Pro (Video)
Creator Robert N. Weinreb
Affiliation Shiley Eye Institute, University of California, San Diego, CA
Subject Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy; Intraocular Pressure; Lamina Cribrosa; Ocular Biomechanics
Description It took years of arguing before getting people to drop glaucoma from every other entity. People never said neovascular ocular hypertension or chronic angleclosure ocular hypertension. We know very well now that IOP exists on a continuum, and there is no dividing line between one mmHg and another. We define glaucoma without using the term IOP. We know that IOP is not the disease itself, as once thought, but a risk factor, albeit the most important known risk factor and to date, the only one inarguably proven to modify outcomes when treated.
Date 2015-02-26
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source 2015 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2015 IOP and Other Issues in Glaucoma
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2015. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6bg5vwb
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 184771
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bg5vwb
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