Browsing Science (Faculty of) by Subject "Dry Eye Disease"

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The Investigation of Tear Film Osmolality as a Clinical Instrument Used in Assessments of the Tear Film and Dry Eye Disease

Dalton, Kristine Nicole (University of Waterloo, 2010-01-11)

Introduction: Tear film osmolality is a product of the varying concentrations of dissolved solutes (proteins, lipids and mucins) in the tear fluid. Research suggests that a hyperosmotic tear film is a trait common to ...
The TFOS Dry Eye Workshop II: Executive Summary

Craig, Jennifer P.; Nelson, J. Daniel; Azar, Dimitri T.; Belmonte, Carlos; Bron, Anthony J.; Chauhan, Sunil K.; de Paiva, Cintia S.; Gomes, José A.P.; Hammitt, Katherine M.; Jones, Lyndon W.; Nichols, Jason J.; Nichols, Kelly K.; Novack, Gary D.; Stapleton, Fiona; Willcox, Mark D. P.; Wolffsohn, James S.; Sullivan, David A. (Elsevier, 2017-08-07)

This article presents an Executive Summary of the conclusions and recommendations of the 10-chapter TFOS DEWS II report. The entire TFOS DEWS II report was published in the July 2017 issue of The Ocular Surface. A downloadable ...