Eye Drops and Tears

Eye drops and tears.

He had lost his vision despite multiple surgical attempts over the years to save his sight. Darkness came out of his mouth, as he hurled foul language at me, while I tried to conduct a preoperative anesthesia interview and prepare him for yet another surgical procedure on his eyes. He was still stunned by a collective disappointment from his previous five corneal transplants that had failed. He...

Clinical Uses of Autologous Serum Eye Drops as Tears in Ophthalmology

A stable tear film is a prerequisite to maintain the ocular surface health. The ocular surface stability depends of neuroanatomical interaction of the compositional factors and hydrodynamics factor. [for reviews see ] Among compositional factors, healthy ocular surface epithelia with normal proliferation and differentiation are an important component. There are several proteinaceous and non-pro...

Contrast Sensitivity and Eye Drops

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of commonly used eye drops on contrast sensitivity (CS). Design: Prospective study. Participants: One hundred twenty volunteers were enrolled. Methods: The CS of ophthalmologically healthy individuals was evaluated at baseline examination before the instillation, 20 and 40 minutes after the instillation of diclofenac sodium and commonly used anti-glaucoma eye ...

Specifications for eye-drops.

Correspondence MEDIALJOUH How much easier it would be if platelet stickiness were expressed as the percentage of sticky platelets rather than as the percentage of non-sticky platelets, and how much more logical. That is: Platelet stickiness (%)= (Original Count minus Second Count) x 100 Original Count With this simple transformation a high value would indicate a high degree of sticki-ness, and ...

Eye-drops in Tonometry.