Considerations 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 Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.7523
• Soggetto topico: Contact lenses; Ophthalmic lenses
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FlattauPamela Ebert
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Considerations in contact lens use under adverse conditions
• ISBN: 1-280-20390-0; 9786610203901; 0-309-57221-5; 0-585-14324-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455135603321
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