Ocular surface disease and glaucoma
| Autor: | George L Spaeth, María de los Angeles Ramos-Cadena |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures Ocular surface disease Glaucoma medication business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Biomedical Engineering MEDLINE Glaucoma medicine.disease eye diseases 03 medical and health sciences Ophthalmology 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life 030221 ophthalmology & optometry medicine Glaucoma surgery sense organs Intensive care medicine business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Optometry |
| Zdroj: | Expert Review of Ophthalmology. 11:215-226 |
| ISSN: | 1746-9902 1746-9899 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17469899.2016.1186545 |
| Popis: | Introduction: The purpose of this review is to consider one downside of topical hypotensive medications. Visual loss can be incapacitating, before subjecting a person to potentially damaging effects of topical medications it is appropriate to be as certain as possible that treatment is actually needed.Areas covered: Research discusses the relationship between ocular surface disease (OSD) and its association with chronic use of glaucoma medication. Studies OSD as a medication-related morbidity, impact on patients’ quality of life, reviews preservative-free glaucoma medication, and OSD treatment. Research includes articles obtained from the keywords dry eye, OSD and glaucoma, preservatives and topical hypotensives, OSD and glaucoma surgery in Medline/PubMed, EMBASE, and Google Scholar.Experts commentary: Glaucoma patients under chronic topical hypotensive treatment with OSD symptoms should be adequately evaluated and receive optimal and timely therapy; offering safe administration of glaucoma treatm... |
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