Analysis of Basal and Reflex Human Tear Osmolarity in Normal Subjects: Assessment of Tear Osmolarity [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology, 2018 Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the difference between reflex and basal tear osmolarity among healthy normal subjects. Method: The right eyes of 20 healthy normal male subjects aged 20 to 40 years were recruited for this study.
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Tear Osmolarity After Cataract Surgery [PDF]
Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 2019 Purpose: To evaluate the changes in tear film osmolarity and Schirmer I test after cataract surgery. Methods: This single-center, prospective study included patients with no subjective complaints about dry eye disease.
Eriks Elksnis +2 more
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The Effects of Hemodialysis on Tear Osmolarity [PDF]
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 Aim. To determine the effects of hemodialysis (HD) on tear osmolarity and to define the blood biochemical tests correlating with tear osmolarity among patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Material-Method.
Muhittin Taskapili +6 more
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Investigation of the repeatability of tear osmolarity using an I-PEN osmolarity device [PDF]
Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 PURPOSE: To investigate the repeatability of tear osmolarity in healthy Saudi subjects using an I-PEN osmolarity device. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty typical male subjects with healthy eyes (27.4 ± 4.9 years) participated in the study. Eye abnormalities
Raied Fagehi +5 more
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Short-term changes in tear osmolarity after instillation of different osmolarity eye drops in patients with dry eye [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 This study investigated short-term changes in tear osmolarity of dry eye patients after using artificial tears containing sodium hyaluronate (SH) at different osmolarities. It comprised 80 patients with dry eye whose tear osmolarity measurement using the
Woojin Kim +3 more
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Impact of temporal tear meniscus height on the tear osmolarity measurements [PDF]
Scientific ReportsTear hyperosmolarity plays a crucial role in initiation of inflammatory response and damage to ocular surface epithelia. Accurate measurement of tear osmolarity is essential for dry eye. This prospective observational and experimental study was conducted
Jaekyoung Lee +3 more
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Tear Film Osmolarity Measurement in Japanese Dry Eye Patients Using a Handheld Osmolarity System [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2020 We studied the efficacy and safety of a handheld osmolarity measurement system (I-PEN) in Japanese patients with dry eye disease (DED) and non-DED subjects.
Ikuko Toda, Jun Shimazaki, Seika Den
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Evaluation of tear osmolarity measured by I-Pen osmolarity system in patients with dry eye [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 This retrospective comparative study was to evaluate tear osmolarity measured by I-Pen osmolarity system (I-MED Pharma Inc, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada) in healthy subjects without dry eye disease (DED) and patients with DED, and its association ...
Jongyeop Park +6 more
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Effects of Slit Lamp Examination on Tear Osmolarity in Normal Controls and Dry Eye Patients [PDF]
BioengineeringBackground/Objective: Tear hyperosmolarity is the main triggering factor in the immunopathogenesis of dry eye disease (DED). Tear osmolarity is known as the relevant metric to evaluate DED severity; however, measuring tear osmolarity after slit lamp ...
Myung-Sun Song +3 more
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Longitudinal changes in dry eye symptoms and signs following lifitegrast therapy and relationship to tear osmolarity [PDF]
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2019 Jay S Pepose,1 Mujtaba A Qazi,2 Douglas K Devries3 1Pepose Vision Institute, Chesterfield, MO, USA; 2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA; 3Eye Care Associates of Nevada, Sparks, NV,
Pepose JS, Qazi MA, Devries DK
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