… Material and Methods The steroid series consisted of 48 patients on oral steroid therapy
of various dosage and duration. These patients were being treated in the outpatient …

… ocular hypertension (OHT) that can occur immediately secondary to direct intraocular … 3,
196 A protocol for intraocular pressure (IOP) monitoring following steroid administration is …

Glucocorticoids (GCs) play a pivotal role in the management … risk/benefit ratios with this
therapy [1, 2]. In this article, we describe two recent developments that might influence these risk/…

… The use of systemic corticosteroids is an established risk … A case report in 1980 suggested
that inhaled corticosteroids may … Hypertension was defined as a history of high blood pressure …

… literature on corticosteroid-induced ocular hypertension in … with a number of ocular side-effects.
Hayasaka et al15 … who receive corticosteroid treatment may have ocular hypertension, …

… low-dose therapy, glucocorticoids could lead to serious side effects. The … Glucocorticoid-induced
elevation in blood pressure is classified as secondary hypertension and is a major risk …

… a composite toxicity end-point, including diabetes, hypertension, weight gain, hyperlipidemia,
low bone density and ocular complications of GC using Cox proportional hazards analysis. …

… have been reported to cause accelerated ocular hypertension … the placement of corticosteroids
in and around the eye and the … Our results suggest that corticosteroid use requires careful …

… dose and duration of the steroid use. The ocular hypertensive response is fairly reversible
and … be used where the risk of steroid-induced ocular hypertension or glaucoma is suspected. …

… some variations in MYOC might be involved in steroid-induced ocular hypertension. … and
steroid-induced ocular hypertension. Glucocorticoid-induced ocular hypertension (the steroid …