Abstract
Dry eye is one of the most frequent conditions seen by ophthalmologists. Symptoms with variable frequency and intensity, such as ocular irritation, foreign body sensation, photophobia, and blurred vision, might happen and may have and impact in quality of life.
Regarding dry eye diagnosis there is, today, a variety of tests including minimally invasive tests such as dry eye questionnaires and invasive tests such as the use of vital stainings.
The mainstay treatment of dry eye or dysfunctional tear syndrome (DTS) is tear replacement with artificial tears (AT). Understanding the properties of the different compounds of the artificial tears and the specific deficiency, each patient has optimized AT selection and patient benefit.
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Ambrósio, R., Correia, F.F., Ramos, I., Salomão, M. (2015). Artificial Tears. In: Chan, C. (eds) Dry Eye. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44106-0_4
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