J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1991 Dec;32(12):1086-1091.

Dark Room Prone-position Test in Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma

• Yoon IS
• Hong C

Abstract

To evaluate clinical availability of the Dark Room Prone-position Test (DRPT), which is one of the provocative tests of angle-closure glaucoma, this study was carried out. Twenty nine patients (43 eyes) with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) were enrolled, and seventeen primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) patients (34 eyes) arld fourty one normal persons (82 eyes) were used as control group. After DRPT, P ACG showed statistically significant intraocu lar pressure (IOP) rise of 6.3 +/- 6.82mmHg as compared with group of POAG or normal 2.0 +/- 2.04mmHg and 1.4 +/- 1.47mmHg, respectively (p<0.05). Fifteen eyes among 43eyes (34.9%) of PACG showed DRPT positive defined as over 7mmHg rise after DRPT, and the final IOP of DRPT over 21mmHg showed significant DRPT positive (43.5%) than that of under 20mmHg (0.00%) (p<0.05). Glaucomatous attack was more occurred 1.9 times in DRPT postive group than in DRPT negative one.

Keyword

Provocative test; Intraocular pressure (IOP); Dark room prone-position test; Primary angle-closure glaucoma; Glaucomatous attack

MeSH Terms

Glaucoma, Angle-Closure*
Glaucoma, Open-Angle
Humans