FACTORES DE RIESGO DE GLAUCOMA EN PACIENTES ATENDIDOS EN LA FUNDACION “OSWALDO LOOR” DE FEBRERO A JULIO DEL 2007

Abstract

The present study descriptive prospective retro you takes to effect during the months of January to June of the 2007 in the Foundation Oswaldo Praise, having as objective to study the Factors of Risk of Glaucoma and their complications, with a casuistry of 497 cases. For the gathering of data you elaborates a form where the information of the clinical histories is extracted; analyzing the variables by means of the statistical prosecution with an automated program. The age of more incidence was represented by those bigger than 60 years with 49.10% of the cases, with supremacy in the feminine sex in 66.39%, being the origin cause but it frequents that of unknown type with 70.62%. Inside the factors of risk study didn't have relevance presently in those that don't have any antecedent neither personal neither family. According to the glaucoma type the biggest frequency had it the simple chronic glaucomas with 94.97%, corresponding that of open angle 93.36%, being this the causing of blindness in the patients in study, and the one of closed angle to 1.61%, the glaucoma of normal pressure was in 5.03% of the cases. As for the treatment the most used one is the pharmacological one that which allows that he/she stays the pressure intraocular inside the normal limits. To de being the glaucoma a silent pathology, we conclude that it is of vital importance the early detection and pursuit of an appropriate treatment to avoid the loss of vision , for that wich a protocol of attention was elaborated for patient with glaucoma suspicion and informative material for this way to unify and to contribute to a better and easier one diagnoses of the illness.