Specifications for eye-drops.

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.

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...

Prescription of eye drops.

The aim of this study was to assess whether patients have their ocular drops correctly prescribed during non-ophthalmic admissions to hospital. A retrospective review of notes of patients who were admitted to hospital for general medical or surgical care, while on regular eye drops at the time of admission was performed. Twenty two patients were on regular ocular medication when admitted. Only ...

Development and Validation of a Rapid Derivative Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Tropicamide in Eye Drops

      Tropicamide is an antimuscarinic agent used as eye drops for refractive examinations. The aim of this study was to develop a simple and suitable analytical method for determination of tropicamide in eye drops in the presence of excipients. A zero-crossing third and fourth derivative spectrophotometric method was described for determination of tropicamide in eye drops. The measurements wer...