Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Short ReportComparison of the Icare rebound tonometry with the Goldmann applanation tonometry in a pediatric population
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Subjects and Methods
This prospective comparative study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City. Consecutive children (under 18 years of age) who presented at the Children's Mercy Hospital eye clinic between 2010 and 2011 were enrolled. Five eye care providers and 10 ophthalmic technicians were involved in data collection. Subjects were excluded if IOP was not measured by both instruments in at least one eye; therefore, children unable to cooperate for GAT were
Results
A total of 119 children were enrolled (mean age, 11.96 ± 2.7 years; range, 7.0-17.0 years), and 214 eyes of 108 children were included in the data analysis. Eleven children who tolerated Icare but not GAT were excluded; 2 children who tolerated Icare in both eyes but GAT in only 1 eye were included only for the eye with both measurements. Fourteen patients (13%) had glaucoma and 3 (2.7%) were glaucoma suspects. The rest of the children were naive to IOP measurements. The GAT tolerance was 90%
Discussion
This prospective study compared IOPs measured by Icare and GAT in a series of 119 consecutive pediatric subjects, in whom Icare tonometry was better tolerated than GAT.
IOP measured by Icare and by GAT correlated consistently. Icare readings were higher than GAT by an average of 1.38 mm Hg. Though statistically significant, this difference was clinically insignificant (within 3 mm Hg) in 72.42% of eyes (155/214). The difference in IOP measurements is likely due to device and not to patient
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