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VOL. 3, ISSUE 4 (2018)
Comparison of three different eye drops and assessment of IOP changes in post-operative cataract patients
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Kripa Mary Mathew, Liny K Thomas, Mamatha Stanly, Maritta Scaria, Anu Philip, S Anandkumar
Abstract
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide and cataract extraction is treatment for the improvement in the quality of life. Corticosteroids are highly effective anti-inflammatory agents, used for the management of inflammation in these patients. This was a prospective, comparative study, which assess the IOP changes with steroid eye drops and quality of life in post-operative cataract patients. The study was conducted on 100 postoperative cataract patients who are on steroid therapy and divided them as two groups. Group A with patient counselling and group B without patient counselling. The result shows that the group with increased intra ocular pressure were found to be in group B than that of group A. The prescribed steroids Dexamethasone 0.1%, loteprednol 0.5% and prednisolone 1% were compared for their effects on intra ocular pressure in these patients. The results shows that dexamethasone and loteprednol were found to be safer than prednisolone. In views of this observation, we concluded that Number of patients with increased IOP were more in Group B without patient counselling than Group A with patient counselling. We also concluded that dexamethasone 0.1% and loteprednol 0.5% are safer than prednisolone for intraocular pressure.
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Pages:31-33
How to cite this article:
Kripa Mary Mathew, Liny K Thomas, Mamatha Stanly, Maritta Scaria, Anu Philip, S Anandkumar "Comparison of three different eye drops and assessment of IOP changes in post-operative cataract patients". International Journal of Medicine Research, Vol 3, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 31-33
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