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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2022; 239(04): 458-459
DOI: 10.1055/a-1785-4481
Letter to the Editor

The 5th Edition of the Guidelines by the European Glaucoma Society – What Has Changed From 2014 to 2020?

Die 5. Auflage der Richtlinien der Europäischen Glaukomgesellschaft – was hat sich von 2014 zu 2020 verändert?
Frances Meier-Gibbons
1   Eye Center, Eye Center Rapperswil, Rapperswil, Switzerland
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Marc Töteberg-Harms
2   Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
3   Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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Take Home Message

The newest, 5th edition of the guidelines of the European Glaucoma Society 2020 has been shortened compared to the 4th edition and is more clinically focused. The main change compared to the previous version is that the recommendations are evidence based. In addition, two major additions have been made: (1) 16 key questions and (2) 12 stop signs to alert the clinician of potentially critical decisions have been added to the newest version of the guidelines.



Publication History

Received: 26 September 2021

Accepted: 27 February 2022

Article published online:
26 April 2022

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