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Screening for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Primary Care Setting: An Update for the US Preventive Services Task Force

Craig Fleming, Evelyn P. Whitlock, Tracy Beil, Barbara Smit and Russell P. Harris
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2005, 3 (2) 167-170; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.293
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    Dean A. Raffaelli, D.O.
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    • Dean A. Raffaelli, D.O., Chicago, USA

    The article was enlightening. I have a mainly black patient population of which many have glaucoma. I write for multiple consultations each day for referrals to ophthalmology for screening and treatment of glaucoma. It was my the belief, obviously wrong, that screening and treatment were straight forward. I have also been seeing, at least in my practice, an increase in the numbers of cases being treated with surgery (wit...

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    The article was enlightening. I have a mainly black patient population of which many have glaucoma. I write for multiple consultations each day for referrals to ophthalmology for screening and treatment of glaucoma. It was my the belief, obviously wrong, that screening and treatment were straight forward. I have also been seeing, at least in my practice, an increase in the numbers of cases being treated with surgery (with its inherent risks) and have been approached by a company to consider in-office screening with a device that they would provide. The value of this review should be to get all of us more involved in the decision making process as it relate to this disease. It has been to easy to simply sign the referrals and consider it out of my scope of treatment. We continue to be, as PCP, the ombudsman between the many worlds that our patients interact with. We ignore it to our and our patients peril.

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