Clinical Evaluation of New Handheld Air Impulse Tonometer.

Jeong, Hyae Wook; Kim, Hong Ki; Lee, Chan Ju; Kim, Hi Soo

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1990;31(1):53-58.
Published online January 1, 1990.

Clinical Evaluation of New Handheld Air Impulse Tonometer.

Hyae Wook Jeong, Hong Ki Kim, Chan Ju Lee, Hi Soo Kim

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
²Keon Yang Medical Foundation, Kim's Eye Clinics, Korea.

신형 Pulsair 비접촉성 안압계의 임상적 고찰

정혜욱(Hyae Wook Jeong),김홍기(Hong Ki Kim),이찬주(Chan Ju Lee),김희수(Hi Soo Kim)

Abstract

To evaluate the clinical usefulness of new handheld air impulse tonometer(Pulsair, Keeler), the intraocular pressures of 147 eyes of 80 men and women at the age range of 9 to 82 year without corneal opacity or corneal edema were measured with the Goldmann applanation tonometer as well as noncontact air impulse tonometer. The IOPs measured with both tonometer were compared to evaluate the correlation coefficiency. The correlation coefficiency between two instruments is 0.89. Therefore, the new type of noncontact tonometer could be useful for clinical applications due to its accuracy, simplicity, painlessness, portability, and repeatability-especially at glaucoma screening programs.

Key Words: accuracy;new handheld air impulse tonometer;painlessness;portability;repeata bility