This was another case of “I don’t feel like filling out forms.” Upon examining this patient’s eyes undilated, Dr. Nguyen asked her if she is hypertensive and the patient admitted to taking hypertension medication. Although not severe, there are enough signs in the eyes to suggest this patient has hypertension.

The Centervue Compass is an exciting new visual field machine which uses real-time retinal tracking and projects the stimulus onto a patient's retina, eliminating the need for trial lenses and ensuring a patient's fixation is stable, dramatically reducing the variability of traditional Humphrey-type visual field machines.

I know Dr. Ike Ahmed might look like a caveman, but he is actually incredibly well versed in glaucoma detection and management.

In this talk, he discusses why the Centervue Compass is better than other visual field perimeters.