04976nam 2200625Ia 450 991045513560332120200520144314.01-280-20390-097866102039010-309-57221-50-585-14324-2(CKB)111004366659586(EBL)3376554(SSID)ssj0000129093(PQKBManifestationID)11131656(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129093(PQKBWorkID)10071007(PQKB)10195011(MiAaPQ)EBC3376554(Au-PeEL)EBL3376554(CaPaEBR)ebr10056828(OCoLC)923264686(EXLCZ)9911100436665958620040924d1991 my 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConsiderations in contact lens use under adverse conditions[electronic resource] proceedings of a symposium /Pamela Ebert Flattau, editor ; [convened by] Working Group on Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions, Kenneth Polse, chair, Committee on Vision, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research CouncilWashington, D.C. National Academy Press19911 online resource (178 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-04438-3 Includes bibliographical references.""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""""METHODOLOGY""""Experimental 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 LENSES""""HYDROGEL 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 Lenses""""CHRONIC 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 Wear""""TRANSIENT 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""""IMPRESSIONS OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS""Contact lensesOphthalmic lensesElectronic books.Contact lenses.Ophthalmic lenses.617.7523Flattau Pamela Ebert989058MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455135603321Considerations in contact lens use under adverse conditions2261894UNINA