Ocular Hypertension and Chronic Open-Angle Glaucoma in USAF Pilots and Navigators
Abstract
Records from the United States Air Force glaucoma screening and management program for flying personnel were surveyed to obtain long-term followup information and age-specific prevalences for this population. Untreated ocular hypertensives with tensions of 22-29 with no visual field loss were labeled 'preglaucoma'; ocular hypertensives without field loss and treated with epinephrine (for tensions above 29 or for other reasons) were labeled 'glaucoma. ' Those requiring other drugs and those with field loss were disqualified from flying. Questionnaires to ophthalmologists caring for retired men indicated that 1 of the 39 preglaucomas followed 8 years and 2 of the 27 glaucomas followed 7 years had lost visual field. Among ocular hypertensives screened from 15,804 men, ages 40-54, in 1970, only 5 had visual field loss presumed glaucomatous.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA010588
Entities
People
- James L. Mims Iii
- Thomas J. Tredici
Organizations
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine