The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy on pupillary dilation between the single dose versus the three doses of 1% tropicamide with 10% phenylephrine for complete ocular examination.
To the best of the authors' knowledge, there have been no clinical trials using an appropriate regimen for pupillary dilation up until now. Therefore, the authors were interested to find out the most appropriate regimen for complete ocular examination, based on the finding that a pupil diameter of 6 mm or greater is adequate for indirect ophthalmoscopy. The authors hypothesize that a single dose of 1% tropicamide and 10% phenylephrine is adequate to complete the job and are conducting this prospective randomized clinical controlled trial to prove the hypothesis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
80
single dose vs three doses of 1%tropicamide and 10%phenylephrine
Srinagarind Hospital
Khon Kaen, Changwat Khon Kaen, Thailand
horizontal pupil diameter
Time frame: 30 min
systolic blood pressure
Time frame: 30 min
diastolic blood pressure
Time frame: 30 min
heart rate
Time frame: 30 min
adverse drug reaction
Time frame: 30 min
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