Visual problems among video display terminal (VDT) users in Nepal
Journal of Optometry, 2011 Purpose: To evaluate visual problems, major symptoms, and their associations among VDT users in Nepal. Methods: Among 76 hospital attendees, assessment included visual acuity, retinoscopy, convergence, accommodation, fusional vergence and Schirmer's II ...
Gauri Shankar Shrestha +2 more
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Differential time-course tear film quantitative changes following limbal relaxing incisions
BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background The study aims at evaluating the time-course changes of pre-corneal tear film after simultaneous phacoemulsification and limbal relaxing incisions (LRIs) performed in 2 groups of patients; group-A had vertical and group-B had horizontal LRIs ...
Mohamed Attia Ali Ahmed +1 more
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Dry Eye in Patients With Diabetic Retinopathy: A Clinical Study
Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Purpose: To study tear film changes in patients of Type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without diabetic retinopathy. Method: A hospital based, cross sectional, observational study including 40 patients of Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy ...
Geetika Khurana +2 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Purpose: To characterize anatomical and functional changes in the ocular surface after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Methods: Three groups of patients were included in the study.
Carmen Alba-Linero +8 more
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Prevalence of Dry Eye Disease in Glass Industry Workers of Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India: A Cross-sectional Observational Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Dry eye disease is a rising occupational hazard in India. Firozabad, is known for its glass manufacturing work worldwide. As there is limited evidence available on dry eye prevalence in glass industry workers, the present study was ...
Shefali Mazumdar +3 more
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Comparison of Intranasal Saccharin Test and Intranasal Schirmer’s Test in Identifying Altered Nasal Mucociliary Clearance Time in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchIntroduction: Mucociliary Clearance (MCC) is an essential respiratory defence mechanism that is often impaired in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) due to hyperglycaemia induced neuropathy and reduced nasal secretions.
Karthika Rajendran +2 more
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Schirmer’s test and tear breakup time in an Egyptian population sample: a hospital-based study
Delta Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Background Dry eye is a very common disease in Egypt. Tear film stability and tear secretion are important factors in the assessment of dry eye disease. Schirmer’s test (ST) is used to assess tear secretion, whereas tear breakup time test (TBUT) is used ...
Ahmed A Youssef +3 more
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Association of Dry Eye with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a common allergic disease seen in children. The allergic component is caused by Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and mast cell-mediated pathway.
Challapalli Himabindu +1 more
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Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography for Tear Meniscus Evaluation and its Correlation with other Tear Variables in Healthy Individuals [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Dry eye is one of the most common ocular diseases in this cyber era. Despite availability of multiple tests, no single test is accurate for the diagnosis of dry eye. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography is the recent tool which
Anuradha Raj +2 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 Objective: To assess the effectiveness and safety of the total glucosides of paeony (TGP) on the treatment of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) by conducting a meta-analysis.Methods: Eight databases were searched from their inception to December 10, 2018 ...
Zhe Feng +7 more
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