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Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Is Goldmann Applanation Tonometry still the 'gold standard' method of measuring intraocular pressure?

Eye to Eye: An Ophthalmology Podcast from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists

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How to Measure Your Eye Pressure

I think it is often underestimated as a skill about how sometimes difficult it can be you know even many many thousands of measurements later personally I probably still think it's one of the more fiddly aspects of the certain examination. Some patients just can't tolerate abolition tonometry and I remember one patient actually just he doesn't like anybody going near his eye whatsoever and we couldn't even measure his pressure with an eye care. He was absolutely fine he could measure his own pressure with the eye care home and that was the only way we could measure pressure in him so maybe we think about personalized medicine maybe different patients need different ways of checking their pressure It's good we have a few different options available at

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