• The Department of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhai University, Wuhan 430071, China;
KE Min, Email: keminyk@163.com
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Objective  Methods of evidence-based medicine were used to make an individualized treatment plan concerning newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma patient.
Methods  After clinical problems were put forward, evidence was collected from Cochrane Library (Issue 4, 2009), PubMed (1990 -2009), MEDLINE (1990-2009), EMbase (1990-2009), CBM (1990-2009), and CNKI (1990-2009) according to the search strategy. Subject words were open-angle glaucoma, timolol, latanoprost, trabeculectomy, intraocular pressure, randomized controlled trials, human, meta-analysis, systematic review.
Results  A total of 221 randomized controlled trials, and 19 systematic reviews were identified. A rational treatment plan was made upon a serious evaluation of the data. After one year follow-up, the plan was proved optimal.
Conclusion  The treatment efficacy in newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma has been improved by determining an individualized treatment plan according to evidence-based methods.

Citation: QIAN ZhiGang,KE Min,GUO Jing,HU Xinqian. Evidence-Based Treatment for a Newly Diagnosed Open-Angle Glaucoma Patient. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(9): 1120-1124. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100554 Copy

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