title: Micropachometric quantification of tear assessment tests.
abstract: After reviewing the results of available methods for defining the dry eye with an exact assessment of severity, we found that micropachometry was the most sensitive. The following is a ranking of the other tests according to usefulness: Tear resistance, Schirmer, and BUT. Rose bengal stained eyes were usually decompensated; the meniscus test's primary use was as an "all or nothing" indicator, but recording the widths of extant menisci were unproductive.
authors.affiliation: Center for Sight, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marquardt
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012395:Rose Bengal; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013666:Tears / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D012395:Rose Bengal