Optic nerve oxygen tension: effects of intraocular pressure and dorzolamide

M la Cour, Jens Folke Kiilgaard, T Eysteinsson, A K Wiencke, K Bang, J Dollerup, P K Jensen, E Stefánsson

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Abstract

To investigate the influence of acute changes in intraocular pressure on the oxygen tension in the vicinity of the optic nerve head under control conditions and after intravenous administration of 500 mg of the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor dorzolamide.
Original languageEnglish
JournalBritish Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume84
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)1045-9
Number of pages5
ISSN0007-1161
Publication statusPublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
  • Glaucoma
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Optic Nerve
  • Oxygen
  • Sulfonamides
  • Swine
  • Thiophenes

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