The effect of head elevation on the clearance of vitreous hemorrhage
- Conditions
- -The effect of head elevation on the clearance of vitreous hemorrhageVitreous hemorrhage clearanceHead elevation
- Registration Number
- TCTR20150314001
- Lead Sponsor
- Ratchadaphiseksompotch scholarship from the faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn university
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending (Not yet recruiting)
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
•Age more than 18 years old
•Evidence of acute onset of new vitreous hemorrhage within 1 month
•Visual acuity worse than 20/50 or decrease more than 3 lines of EDTRS
•Initial conservative treatment plan for vitreous hemorrhage
•Good compliance to participate our study
•History of recent eye injury within 3 months
•Previous treatment with anti-VEGF agents or intravitreous drug injection within 1 month before enrollment or plan to have intravitreous drug injection within 1 month
•Surgeon preference to surgery
•Vitreous hemorrhage or echographic evidence of retinal break or rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
•Cataract grading more than nuclear sclerosis grade 2+, cortical grade1+, posterior subcapsular grade1+ and posterior polar cataract
•Patients who have limitation to head elevate position at 45 degree such as patients with neck and C-spine abnormality
•Patients who have limitation to lie in normal position such as patients with heart failure, end stage renal disease with pulmonary congestion
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine and compare the improvement of visual acuity after assignment of head elevation with no 2 weeks Visual acuity
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method the improvement of vitreous haemorrhage, quality of life of patient, characteristic of VH clearance 2 weeks Fundus photo, quality of life visual analogue score