Perfil do diagnóstico inicial em pacientes com glaucoma

Abstract

Objective: To assess the stage of the disease at the time of diagnosis. Methods: Cross-sectional and descriptive study, using data obtained by searching the database of glaucoma patients in their first consultation, before the starting any treatment. Results: 101 patients (177 eyes) were included. Only 31 (30.69%) patients reported a positive family history of glaucoma. We found 26% of the evaluated eyes with advanced perimetric alterations, ten eyes (5.8%) with vision worse than 20/400, of these, three patients had legal blindness in both eyes. Factors associated with glaucoma severity were advanced age and high IOP. Conclusion: Knowledge of the situation in the initial diagnosis portrays the reality of glaucoma in our environment and predicts actions aimed at preventing blindness.