BACKGROUND Quantification of lacrimal total protein content (TPC) is an important tool for clinical scientists to understand disease pathogenesis, identify potential biomarkers and assess response to therapy, among other applications. However, TPC is not only affected by disease state but also by the method used for tear collection. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the impact on ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effects on dry eye symptoms and tear dynamics of switching from a prostaglandin with a preservative to a preservative-free prostaglandin. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fourteen patients (N=28 eyes) with open-angle glaucoma and dry eye symptons, treated with preserved latanoprost, travoprost or bimatoprost were included in this uncontrolled prospective study. Ocular symptoms we...

This systematic review was conducted by searching English language articles on one-minute preceptor (OMP) through five databases, including Web of Science, ProQuest, Scopus, Clinical Key and PubMed for the published from 2000 to 2017 using following search term ‘OMP’ in titles abstracts. After employing exclusion criteria, 31 remained detailed analysis. The main outcomes investigated studies we...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Fortbildung von Pflegenden hat auf Intensivstationen (ITS) eine hohe Bedeutung. One Minute Wonder (OMW) als Fortbildungsmethode sind dabei so aufbereitet, dass sie in einer gelesen werden können. Bisher wurde die Umsetzung OMW nur 2 Untersuchungen Deutschland mit kleinen Kohorten evaluiert. Ziel Das primäre der Evaluationsstudie war zu untersuchen, ob Pflegende den I...