PURPOSE: To determine the frequency of optical coherence tomography (OCT) examinations compared with clinical examinations and @entity227 ( @entity227 ) tests in @entity1 with 5 types of @entity726 . @entity1 AND METHODS: A retrospective, longitudinal cohort study was conducted of 5154 @entity1 treated between 2003 and 2010 at a single academic medical center. @entity1 were classified using billing records as having primary @entity1538 , low-tension @entity1538 ( @entity18665 ), @entity1538 , chronic @entity2747 , or @entity9998 . Analysis of variance,    test, and exact    test were performed to identify associations between @entity726 type and test frequency. RESULTS: @entity1538 and @entity18665 @entity1 had a higher rate of undergoing at least 2 VFs (94.4%, 94.9%), and chronic @entity2747 @entity1 had a lower rate of undergoing at least 2 OCTs (25.3%) than all other @entity726 types. @entity18665 @entity1 also had the highest rate of undergoing at least 2 OCTs and at least 2 VFs (36.6%). Overall, the rate of clinical examinations (2.68 examinations/y) exceeded the rates of OCTs (1.39 examinations/y), which exceeded the rate of @entity227 tests (1.24 tests/y). There were no differences in OCT frequency between @entity726 types (0.91 to 1.63 OCTs/y). Within each @entity726 diagnosis, @entity1 had clinical examinations more frequently than OCTs and clinical examinations more frequently than VFs. @entity725 and @entity9998 @entity1 also had OCTs more frequently than VFs. More @entity1 had at least 2 @entity227 tests than at least 2 OCTs (4481 vs. 1679). CONCLUSION: The relative use of clinical examinations, @entity227 testing, and OCT imaging varies among @entity726 diagnoses.

The Frequency of Optical Coherence Tomography Testing in XXXX at a Single Academic Medical Center.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity725 :: ('MESH:C562750', 'Disease') :: ['Primary open-angle glaucoma'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visual field', 'VF'] @entity1538 :: ('MESH:D005902', 'Disease') :: ['open-angle glaucoma', 'pigmentary open-angle glaucoma', 'Pigmentary open-angle glaucoma'] @entity9998 :: ('MESH:D017889', 'Disease') :: ['pseudoexfoliation glaucoma'] @entity726 :: ('MESH:D005901', 'Disease') :: ['glaucoma'] @entity18665 :: ('OMIM:606657', 'Disease') :: ['NTG'] @entity2747 :: ('MESH:D015812', 'Disease') :: ['angle-closure glaucoma']
@entity726 :: (MESH:D005901,Disease) :: ['Glaucoma']
