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...
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...
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: 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...
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,...
