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Contact lens lubricants II - Clinical considerations [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
When a contact lens lubricnt meets the eye and contact lens, it viscocity, wetting angle, pH, buffering capacity, osmolarity, and refractive index all participate in modifying that anteior ocular environment.
Carney, Leo G.   +3 more
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Demographics of UK contact lens prescribing

open access: yes, 2008
To assess the demographics of UK contact lens prescribing, data gathered from annual contact lens fitting surveys conducted over the past 12 years were mined for clinically useful information.
Morgan, Philip B., Efron, Nathan
core   +1 more source

An observational study of changes in corneal parameters following use of soft contact lens and rigid gas permeable lens

open access: yesAsian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background: There have been significant advancements in contact lens designs and materials over the past few decades, the lenses still represent a foreign body in the ocular environment and may lead to physiological (corneal oedema or thinning) as well ...
Neha Chandrakar
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of soft lens lubricants on symptoms and lens dehydration

open access: yes, 1991
In order to establish the efficacy of soft lens lubricants and their mode of action, we conducted a controlled, double-masked, randomized study. Symptoms of dryness as well as lens water content were assessed in 30 symptomatic hydroxyethylmethacrylate ...
Efron, Nathan   +2 more
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Contact lens prescribing trends 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Efron, Morgan and Woods share the findings of their latest annual survey of Australian contact lens prescribing ...
Morgan, Philip B.   +2 more
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Contact lens prescribing patterns [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
We considered a nation-wide survey of optometrists in August 1998 to establish contact lens prescribing patterns in Australia, independant of industry-based ...
Muller, Scott   +4 more
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Lid-Wiper Epitheliopathy in Contact Lens Users and Patients With Dry Eye

open access: yes, 2010
Objective: To evaluate lid-wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) in contact lens users and in patients with symptoms characteristic of dry eye but with normal dry-eye tests and to compare the results with those of ...
Beginoglu, Muhittin   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Blue light stimulation of the blind spot in human: from melanopsin to clinically relevant biomarkers of myopia

open access: yesBioelectronic Medicine
The protective effects of time spent outdoors emphasize the major role of daylight in myopia. Based on the pathophysiology of myopia, the impact of blue light stimulation on the signaling cascade, from melanopsin at the blind spot to clinically relevant ...
Ana Amorim-de-Sousa   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Could Contact Lens Wearers Be at Risk of Acanthamoeba Infection? A Review

open access: yesJournal of Optometry, 2009
Contact lens wear is highly influential on the incidence of ulcerative keratitis worldwide, particularly in developed countries. The association between Acanthamoeba keratitis and contact lens wear is firmly established; it may account for up to 95% of ...
Youhanna W. Ibrahim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The antibacterial activity of contact lens solutions against microbial keratitis

open access: yesNational Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2017
Background: Contact lens has a growing popularity among people with vision impairment as well as for cosmetic reasons. However, its contamination can cause microbial keratitis.
Arif Budiman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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