Dr.Moukthika Kondapalli

Dr.Superna Mahendra, Dr.Venkata Rathnam Peram

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN:OBSERVATIONAL
PURPOSE:TO PRESENT SERUM VIT D LEVELS IN MILD,MODERATE&SEVERE FORMS OF POAG ALONG WITH VISUAL FIELD CHANGES.
METHODS:21 EYES OF 11 PATIENTS REFERRED IN VIEW OF DISC SUSPECT WERE EXAMINED THOROUGHLY.BASELINE IOP BY ATN WAS DONE.CCT AND HVF 24-2 AND 10-2 WERE ADVISED AS PER NECESSITY.GRADING OF POAG WAS DONE BASED ON HODAPP-PARRISH-ANDERSON CRITERIA INTO MILD(MD< -6DB), MODERATE(MD -6DB TO -12DB) AND SEVERE(MD >-20DB)
RESULTS:6 FEMALES AND 5 MALES,WITH MEAN AGE OF 57YRS.THE MAX&MIN IOP WERE 40&12mmhg WITH MEAN OF 20.63mmhg.MIN&MAX CCT WERE 480 AND 591 WITH AVG OF 501.5/21 EYES HAVE MILD,5/21 EYES HAVE MODERATE,6/21 EYES HAVE SEVERE POAG AND VF WAS NOT DONE FOR ANOTHER 5 EYES DUE TO POOR VISION.AVG SERUM VIT D LEVELS WERE 34.38 ng/ml(N:30-90)WITH RANGE OF 23.48-49.32ng/ml
CONCLUSION:SEVERAL STUDIES ESTABLISHED INVERSE RELATION BETWEEN VIT D&IOP THAT ARE NOT CONCLUSIVELY PROVED.THIS STUDY HIGHLIGHT NEED TO FURTHER RESEARCH CORRELATION BETWEEN VIT D AND GLAUCOMA.