by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | Clinicals
Volles DF, McKenney JM, Miller WG, Ruffen D, Zhang D. ABSTRACT: Several relatively inexpensive compact analyzers for measuring cholesterol are available for use outside of the clinical laboratory. We evaluated the analytic and clinical performance of total cholesterol...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | Clinicals
JMICHAEL A. LEMP, ANTHONY J. BRON, CHRISTOPHE BAUDOUIN, JOSÉ M. BENÍTEZ DEL CASTILLO, DAVID GEFFEN, JOE TAUBER, GARY N. FOULKS, JAY S. PEPOSE, AND BENJAMIN D. SULLIVAN PURPOSE: To evaluate the use of tear osmolarity in the diagnosis of dry eye disease. DESIGN: A...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | Clinicals
Alan Tomlinson, Santosh Khanal, Kanna Ramaesh, Charles Diaper, and Angus McFadyen PURPOSE: To determine new referents, or cutoff levels for tear film hyperosmolarity in the diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) and to assess their effectiveness in independent...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | Articles
By: Christopher E. Starr, MD Hyperosmolarity is a well-established fundamental characteristic of dry eye disease (DED).1 When patients have dry eye symptoms, osmolarity testing is a logical step to confirm the diagnosis, but what does it mean when the tear osmolarity...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | Clinicals
Jennifer P. Craig, MCOptom, PhD, Kelly K. Nichols, OD, PhD, Esen K. Akpek, MD, Barbara Caffery, OD, PhD, Harminder S. Dua, MD, PhD, Choun-Ki Joo, MD, PhD, Zuguo Liu, MD, PhD, J. Daniel Nelson, MD, Jason J. Nichols, OD, PhD, Kazuo Tsubota, MD, PhD, Fiona Stapleton,...
