79764-7
Type of Tonometer
Active
Term Description
This term was developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Health's National Eye Institute (NEI) as part of an effort to standardize the data elements collected by the National Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping and Phenotyping Network (eyeGENE).
Part Descriptions
LP200596-7 Tonometer
Intraocular pressure (IOP) is the fluid pressure inside the eye. Tonometry is the method eye care professionals use to determine the IOP. IOP is an important aspect in the evaluation of patients at risk for glaucoma. Most tonometers are calibrated to measure pressure in millimeters of mercury (mmHg).
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LP203654-1 EYE.TONOMETRY.NEI
Developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Health's National Eye Institute (NEI) as part of an effort to standardize the data elements collected by the National Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping and Phenotyping Network (eyeGENE).
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LP76227-5 Tonometry
Intraocular pressure (IOP) is the fluid pressure inside the eye. Tonometry is the method eye care professionals use to determine the IOP. IOP is an important aspect in the evaluation of patients at risk for glaucoma. Most tonometers are calibrated to measure pressure in millimeters of mercury (mmHg).
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Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Tonometer
- Property
- Type
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Tonometry device
- Scale
- Nom
- Method
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- Type of Tonometer
- Short Name
- Type of Tonometer
Preferred Answer List: LL3742-5
Source: National Eye InstituteAnswer | Code | Score | Answer ID |
---|---|---|---|
GAT- Goldmann applanation tonometer | 1 | LA24732-2 | |
PAT - Perkins applanation tonometer | 2 | LA24838-7 | |
TAT - Tono-Pen applanation tonometer | 3 | LA24920-3 | |
ORA - Ocular Response Analyzer | 4 | LA24829-6 | |
NCT - Non-contact tonometer | 5 | LA24804-9 | |
DCT - Dynamic Contour Tonometer | 6 | LA24689-4 | |
PT - Pneumatonometer | 7 | LA24861-9 | |
PPT- Phosphene tonometer | 8 | LA24857-7 | |
Other tonometer, Please identify tonometer type | OTH | LA24834-6 | |
REB - Rebound Tonometer | LA34626-4 |
Basic Attributes
- Class
- EYE.TONOMETRY.NEI
- Type
- Clinical
- First Released
- Version 2.54
- Last Updated
- Version 2.54 (MIN)
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
Member of these Panels
LOINC | Long Common Name |
---|---|
79896-7 | Tonometry panel |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
---|---|---|
el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Τονόμετρο: Synonyms: Type Τονόμετρο |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Tonómetro: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Tonometro: Synonyms: Concetti tonometria NEI eyeGENE Occhio Oftalmologia - tonometria Punto nel tempo (episodio) |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 眼压计: Synonyms: 分类型应答; |
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