Prevalence of glaucoma in the Israeli Arab population

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Title:	Prevalence of glaucoma in the Israeli Arab population
Authors:	Otzem Chassid, Irena Epstein, Adi Sharabi-Nov, Joseph Pikkel
Source:	International Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 163-165 (2018)
Publisher Information:	Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS), 2018.
Publication Year:	2018
Collection:	LCC:Ophthalmology
Subject Terms:	165, glaucoma, Arab, trabeculectomy, beta-blockers, Ophthalmology, RE1-994
More Details:	We describe the prevalence and treatment of glaucoma in a Muslim Arab population in Israel. Based on the medical records of 15 122 persons, the overall prevalence of glaucoma was 3.9%. Prevalence rates of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) were 3.0% and 0.42%, respectively. Prevalence rates of women were 135% that of men considering all types of glaucoma, 143% for POAG, and 96% for PACG. Prostaglandin analogs and beta blockers, alone or combined with carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, were the preferred medications. Of 68 patients who underwent trabeculectomy, 27 (39.7%) required medications, postoperatively, for treatment of glaucoma; following Ex-Press shunt surgery, 3/11 (27.3%) required medications. During the last three years, 16 (1.3%) individuals with POAG were recorded as legally blind as a result of glaucoma.
Document Type:	article
File Description:	electronic resource
Language:	English
ISSN:	2222-3959 2227-4898
Relation:	http://www.ijo.cn/en_publish/2018/1/20180125.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2222-3959; https://doaj.org/toc/2227-4898
DOI:	10.18240/ijo.2018.01.25
Access URL:	https://doaj.org/article/5ba77ad94389472fb0fe5f910ef62767
Accession Number:	edsdoj.5ba77ad94389472fb0fe5f910ef62767
Database:	Directory of Open Access Journals

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ISSN:	22223959 22274898
DOI:	10.18240/ijo.2018.01.25
Published in:	International Journal of Ophthalmology
Language:	English