Bacterial keratitis preferred practice pattern®

A Lin, MK Rhee, EK Akpek, G Amescua, M Farid… - …, 2019 - aaojournal.org
Preferred Practice Pattern® guidelines are developed by the Academy's H. Dunbar Hoskins
Jr., MD Center for Quality Eye Care without any external financial support. Authors and …

Epidemiology of contact lens‐induced infiltrates: an updated review

KR Steele, L Szczotka‐Flynn - Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Corneal infiltrative events (CIEs) are well established as a risk associated with soft contact
lens wear. The incidence of symptomatic CIEs during extended soft lens wear ranges from …

TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of contact lenses on the ocular surface

L Jones, N Efron, K Bandamwar, M Barnett, DS Jacobs… - The ocular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Several lifestyle choices made by contact lens wearers can have adverse consequences on
ocular health. These include being non-adherent to contact lens care, slee** in lenses, ill …

BCLA CLEAR-evidence-based contact lens practice

JS Wolffsohn, K Dumbleton, B Huntjens… - Contact Lens and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Evidence-based contact lens practice involves finding, appraising and applying research
findings as the basis for patient management decisions. These decisions should be …

Contact lens safety for the correction of refractive error in healthy eyes

MK Rhee, DS Jacobs, DK Dhaliwal… - Eye & contact …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Contact lenses are a safe and effective method for correction of refractive error and worn by
an estimated 45 million Americans. Because of the widespread availability and commercial …

A review of cosmetic contact lens infections

CHL Lim, F Stapleton, JS Mehta - Eye, 2019 - nature.com
A review of cosmetic contact lens infections | Eye Skip to main content Thank you for visiting
nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best …

All soft contact lenses are not created equal

N Efron, PB Morgan, JJ Nichols, K Walsh… - Contact Lens and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft contact lenses that have been prescribed by eye care practitioners are sometimes
substituted for alternative lenses by unqualified, unregulated and sometimes even fully …

Rethinking contact lens aftercare

N Efron, PB Morgan - Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The evolution of contact lens technology and clinical practice over the past three decades
has been remarkable, with dramatic improvements in material biocompatibility, better lens …

Clinical and molecular diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis in contact lens wearers in southern Brazil reveals the presence of an endosymbiont

DL Dos Santos, VG Virginio, FK Berté… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Springer
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is an infection that is mostly observed in contact lens wearers. It
is often misdiagnosed causing delays in the administration of the correct treatment. The aim …

The attitude and awareness of contact lens use among medical students of King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

SK Boqursain, AS Al-Hussain… - Journal of Family …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Not many studies have investigated the knowledge outcomes among medical
students with regards to contact lenses (CL). Thus, in this study, we aim to assess the …