Artigo Revisado por pares

Clinical grading of corneal staining of non-contact lens wearers

2001; Wiley; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0275-5408(00)00011-9

ISSN

1475-1313

Autores

Morven Dundas,

Tópico(s)

Ocular Surface and Contact Lens

Resumo

To distinguish normal from pathological corneal fluorescein staining requires knowledge of background levels of staining among otherwise healthy individuals. Corneal staining of 102 non-contact lens wearing subjects was assessed using a photographic grading scale that uses a generic (0 to 4) scale to score corneal staining. Some degree of corneal staining was found on 79% of the corneas. Low inter-observer variability suggests that the corneal staining grading scale can be used successfully with decimal rather than integer scale increments.

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