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Short- and Long-term Fluctuation in Patients With Glaucoma, Normal Controls, and Patients With Suspected Glaucoma

Josef Flammer, MD; Stephen M. Drance, MD; Mario Zulauf

Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(5):704-706.

Abstract
• In the diagnosis and evaluation of progression of chronic open-angle glaucoma, a quantitative comparison of visual fields is important for which a knowledge of the spontaneous fluctuation of the visual field is essential. This study shows that in patients with glaucoma, the components of the short- and long-term fluctuation are substantially greater than in patients without the disease. Patients with suspected glaucoma show fluctuation in between, and all components of the fluctuation are greater in them than in normals and smaller than in patients with open-angle glaucoma.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia (Drs Flammer and Drance) and Vancouver (British Columbia) General Hospital (Drs Flammer and Drance), and the University of Bern (Switzerland) (Mr Zulauf).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 24, 1983.

Reprint requests to Department of Ophthalmology, 2550 Willow St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 3N9 (Dr Drance).

This investigation was supported in part by the E.A. Baker Foundation, Toronto, for the Prevention of Blindness and Medical Research Council of Canada grant MT 1578. Dr Flammer received a fellowship from the Swiss National Fund and the Verry Foundation, Bern, Switzerland.

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