ISSN: 2155-9570
Philip B Morgan
United Kingdom
Research Article
Diagnostic Ability of Conventional Dry Eye Tests and their Correlation with Ocular Surface Temperature
Author(s): Li Li Tan and Philip B Morgan
Li Li Tan and Philip B Morgan
Objective: To study the diagnostic ability of conventional dry eye tests and their correlation with ocular surface temperature (OST) and derive the best combined objective tests for dry eye.
Methods: This was a single visit study included a few conventional dry eye tests on 62 dry eye and 82 control subjects: symptom evaluation, fluorescein break-up time (FBUT), corneal epithelial staining (CES), non-invasive break-up time (NIBUT) and tear meniscus height (TMH). OST was recorded using NEC TH9260 thermo tracer and six temperature metrics of the extreme nasal conjunctiva was studied including the temperature 10 seconds after eye opening (T4-10). Diagnostic ability was assessed by calculating sensitivity and specificity and area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC).
Results: No cor.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9570.1000587