The value of tests in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the noneconomic value of tests used in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma, and explore the contexts and factors that determine such value. Design: Perspective. Methods: Selected articles from primary and secondary sources were reviewed and interpreted in the context of the authors' clinical and research experience, influenced by our perspectives on the tasks of reducing the global problem of irreversible blindness caused by glaucoma. The value of any test used in glaucoma is addressed by 3 questions regarding: its contexts, its kind of value, and its implicit or explicit benefits. Results: Tonometry, slit-lamp gonioscopy, and optic disc evaluation remain the foundati..