Researchers encourage clinicians not to use swept-source optical coherence tomography and Scheimpflug imaging interchangeably in the diagnostic process due to wide levels of agreement between the devices.
Systemic disease, contact lens wear, and stress are among several factors affecting chemical changes in tears.
Virus particles were easily removed from the contact lenses regardless of their material composition, according to the report.
Adverse events were reported in 19.4% of the cohort, but no specific adverse reactions were associated with prolonged topical tacrolimus use, according to the report.
Clinicians have resources available to them to assist in identifying ocular surface biomarkers, but a need exists for a universal standard.
Cecelia Koetting, OD, demonstrates a blepharo-exfoliation procedure used to treat patients with Demodex.
Overall, artificial tears that exhibit shear thinning with low thixotropy are the most useful formulations, according to the researchers.
Those who decreased contact lens wear often attributed their decision to leaving home less often.
Lissamine green maximum grade of staining did not exhibit any significant differences in time between different dry eye disease subtypes.
Some tear molecules did experience significant inter- and intra- day variations, according to the report.
