Considerations in Contact Lens Use under Adverse Conditions : Proceedings of a Symposium /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Working Group on Contact Lens Use under Adverse Conditions
Otros Autores: Flattau, Pamela Ebert
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
Temas:
Contact lenses.
Ophthalmic lenses.
Contact lenses > Complications.
Medicine, Military.
Contact Lenses > adverse effects
Contact Lenses
Military Medicine
Lentilles de contact.
Lentilles ophtalmiques.
Lentilles de contact > Complications et séquelles.
Médecine militaire.
contact lenses.
MEDICAL > Optometry.
Medicine, Military
Contact lenses > Complications
Contact lenses
Ophthalmic lenses
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Considerations in Contact Lens Use under Adverse Conditions
  • COPYRIGHT
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • Environmental Gases and Contact Lens Wear
  • OXYGEN
  • CARBON DIOXIDE
  • CORNEAL STROMAL PH
  • BUBBLE FORMATION UNDER LENSES WITH PRESSURE CHANGES
  • NOXIOUS GASES
  • REFERENCES
  • Hypoxia
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HYPOXIA AND CORNEAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • CORNEAL EDEMA
  • THE CLOSED EYE ENVIRONMENT
  • HYPOXIA AND ITS CLINICAL SEQUELAE
  • REFERENCES
  • Contact Lenses and Corneal Energy Metabolites in the Rabbit
  • PERTINENT ISSUES
  • METHODOLOGYExperimental Animals
  • Processing Procedure
  • Underlying Principles
  • RESULTS
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Environmental Conditions and Tear Chemistry
  • TEAR PH
  • TEAR BUFFERING
  • ACID-BASE INFLUENCES ON CONTACT LENSES
  • TEAR ENZYMES
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • Tear Evaporation Considerations and Contact Lens Wear
  • WATER EVAPORATION FROM HYDROGEL LENSES
  • Effects of Lens Hydration
  • Effect of Lens Thickness
  • Effect of Abnormally Fast Lens Drying
  • Pervaporation of Tear Water Through Silicone Elastomeric Lenses
  • EFFECT OF TEAR WATER EVAPORATION ON EYES WITH RIGID CONTACT LENSESHYDROGEL CONTACT LENS WEAR IN AIRCRAFTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Mechanical Aspects of Soft Contact Lenses
  • ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS
  • AN ILLUSTRATION
  • REFERENCES
  • Medical Problems Associated with Contact Lens Use
  • RATES OF COMPLICATIONS
  • CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • NONMEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Adverse Reactions Associated with Contact Lens Use
  • MICROBIAL KERATITIS
  • DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
  • MILITARY APPLICATIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • Corneal Topography and Contact LensesCHRONIC EFFECTS
  • LSU STUDIES
  • CASE REPORTS
  • Case 1
  • Case 2
  • SUMMARY
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  • REFERENCES
  • Treatment of Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis
  • DESCRIPTION OF GPC
  • DIAGNOSIS OF GPC
  • TREATMENT OF GPC
  • Cleaning the Lens
  • Lens Care
  • Deposits
  • Type of Contact Lens
  • Lens of the Same Design
  • Lens of a Different Design
  • Lenses of Different Design for Each Eye
  • Rigid Gas-Permeable Lens
  • The Conjunctiva
  • Irrigation
  • Withdrawal of Lenses
  • Cromolyn Sodium
  • REFERENCES
  • Endothelial Effects from Contact Lens WearTRANSIENT ENDOTHELIAL CHANGES FROM CONTACT LENSES
  • LONG-TERM ENDOTHELIAL CHANGES FROM CONTACT LENSES
  • Endothelial Cell Density
  • Endothelial Polymegethism
  • Cell Pleomorphism
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Corneal Effects of Extreme Environments: Considerations for Pilots Wearing Contact Lenses
  • WIND FORCE
  • ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AT HIGH ALTITUDES
  • CLIMATE EXTREMES
  • Heat
  • Cold
  • Increased Humidity
  • Decreased Humidity
  • EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE ON THE CORNEA

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