Tropicamide, glaucoma with

A. Application of tropicamide to the eye of a patient with narrow-angle (angle-closure) glaucoma is a very serious risk, because the peripheral movement of the relaxed iris can block the outflow of fluid and trigger a rapid rise in intraocular pressure. Open-angle glaucoma does not present the same... 

The central side effects have appeared among children even when cyclopentolate, tropicamide, and other anticholinergics are used as mydriatics. All anticholinergics increase intraocular pressure in most patients with simple glaucoma. 

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