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Journal of the American Optometric Association Pub Date : 1999-03-01

N Colatrella, T E Daniel

{"title":"Crack eye syndrome.","authors":"N Colatrella, T E Daniel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cocaine is an alkaloid prepared from the leaves of the Erythroxylon coca plant. It is widely recognized as one of the most dangerous illicit drugs in use today. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration estimates that 23.5 million Americans have used cocaine at some time in their life. Corneal defects from crack cocaine were first described in 1989 and later named crack eye syndrome in 1993.Case report: A 40-year-old man reported to the eye clinic reporting vigorous eye rubbing after repeated exposure to and use of crack cocaine. A corneal infiltrate with an overlying epithelial defect developed and the man was treated with ciprofloxacin, homatropine, and diclofenac. This case presents background information concerning the systemic and ocular manifestations of cocaine, as well as the clinical presentations of crack eye syndrome, with recommendations on treatment.Conclusions: A thorough social history should be elicited when patients who have unilateral or bilateral corneal defects of unknown origin are examined, or when treating persons with no other known risk factors for corneal disruption. Prompt recognition and treatment are the main factors in successful management of crack eye syndrome.","PeriodicalId":17208,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Optometric Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21322522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A profession's commitment to increased public service: optometry's remarkable story. 专业人士对增加公共服务的承诺:验光的非凡故事。

Journal of the American Optometric Association Pub Date : 1999-03-01

M D Wolfberg

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Comparisons of eye movements before and after a speed-reading course. 快速阅读课程前后眼球运动的比较。

Journal of the American Optometric Association Pub Date : 1999-03-01

T Calef, M Pieper, B Coffey

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The influence of gender on the ocular surface. 性别对眼表的影响。

Journal of the American Optometric Association Pub Date : 1999-03-01

C G Connor, L L Flockencier, C W Hall

{"title":"The influence of gender on the ocular surface.","authors":"C G Connor, L L Flockencier, C W Hall","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Dry eye is more prevalent among women than men. To examine whether gender influences the ocular surface, conjunctival goblet-cell density was monitored for a 30-day period. Changes in goblet-cell density are a sensitive marker for ocular surface disease.Methods: Six men and twelve women who were free from ocular surface disease were sampled by impression cytology on the inferior bulbar conjunctiva every other day for 30 days. Samples were analyzed for goblet-cell content. The mean age of the subjects was 24 years for the men and 25.4 years for the women. A minimum of 200 epithelial cells were scored per microscopic field examined.Results: There is a statistically significant difference in goblet-cell count between men and women over the 30-day test period. The mean goblet-cell count measured for men was 3.75% +/- 1.04%, while the mean count for women was 2.545% +/- 0.8%. When the data on women were replotted with reference to the menstrual cycle, the largest and longest depression of goblet-cell count occurs midcycle, around the time of ovulation. A significant difference in goblet-cell count was also noted when subjects using oral contraceptives (3.065% +/- 0.98%) are compared with those not using oral contraceptives (2.28% +/- 0.92%).Conclusion: It appears there may be a reproductive hormonal influence on conjunctival goblet-cell count.","PeriodicalId":17208,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Optometric Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21322520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Optometry and ophthalmology relations in managed care. 管理式医疗中验光与眼科的关系。