Central Corneal Thickness Among Filipino Patients in an Ambulatory Eye Surgery Center Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography.
George Michael Ngo SosuanMaria Imelda R Yap-VelosoPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)
Visante AS-OCT is a non-contact and non-aerosol generating instrument allaying the fear of disease transmission from contact or aerosolization of tears. Our study confirms similar relationships of CCT with age, presence of diabetes, IOP level, and diagnosis of ocular hypertension or normal tension glaucoma among Filipino patients with the available literature from other ethnicities.
Keyphrases
- optical coherence tomography
- optic nerve
- blood pressure
- end stage renal disease
- diabetic retinopathy
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- chronic kidney disease
- systematic review
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- glycemic control
- water soluble