[Reflections on the timeliness and utility of an ambulatory glaucoma center as part of the Colţea Ophthalmologic Clinic and the Bucharest Municipal Hospital].

The paper presents several remarks on opportunity and usefulness of the centre for outpatient follow up of glaucoma within the "Colţea" Ophthalmology Clinic and of the Bucharest Municipal Hospital. The unconfirmed, suspected patients were not considered glaucomatous. The exam of the eye has to be complete, to include the systematic investigation of the ocular tension, and of the visual field, by evidencing scotoma in Bjerrum's area photometric disharmonies and chromatic alterations. A special attention must be paid to the low pressure glaucoma, as a peculiar evolution form of glaucoma with open angle.