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Ocular Hypotension

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Ocular Hypotension, Ocular Hypotony, Decreased Intraocular Pressure

  • See Also
  1. Intraocular Pressure
  2. Blunt Eye Trauma
  3. Anterior Chamber Blunt Trauma
  4. Glaucoma
  • Definitions
  1. Ocular Hypotony (Ocular Hypotension)
    1. Intraocular Pressure <5 mm Hg
  • Evaluation
  1. See Intraocular Pressure
  • Causes
  1. Aqueous Humor Loss in acute Eye Trauma
    1. Cyclodialysis Cleft
    2. Globe Rupture
  2. Decreased Aqueous Humor Production
    1. Inflammation
    2. Medications
    3. Proliferative Retinopathy
  • Complications
  • Prolonged Ocular Hypotony
  1. Choroidal or Retinal Detachment
  2. Globe atrophy
  3. Permanent Vision Loss
  4. Accelerated Cataract formation
  • References
  1. Cramer, Berg and Geloneck (2021) Crit Dec Emerg Med 35(7):10-1