Title Considerations in Contact Lens Use under Adverse Conditions : 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

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 165 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Contact lenses. Ophthalmic lenses. Contact lenses -- Complications. Medicine, Military. Contact Lenses -- adverse effects Contact Lenses Military Medicine contact lenses. MEDICAL -- Optometry. Medicine, Military Contact lenses -- Complications Contact lenses Ophthalmic lenses Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Flattau, Pamela Ebert. National Research Council (U.S.). Working Group on Contact Lens Use under Adverse Conditions. LC no. 90063927 ISBN 0585143242 9780585143248

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