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  • Dry Eye Disease: A Try Not To Blink CE/CME Podcast

  • Please complete the following posttest and evaluation in order to receive your certificate.

  • Jointly Provided by the Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education (Institute) and American Academy of CME (Academy).


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  • POST-TEST

    Please answer the following questions. 
  • 1. Normal tear breakup time is___?*

  • The correct answer is greater than 10 seconds.  

     

  • 2. What is the most appropriate dry eye survey to be used when suspecting inflammatory conditions?*

  • The correct answer is OSDI.

  • 3. Meibomian gland dysfunction is involved in  ___ % dry eye symptoms?*

  • The correct answer is more than 85%.

  • 4. If a patient has no symptoms of dryness, but has significant ocular signs of dryness, the best next step is to ____?*

  • The correct answer is to measure corneal sensitivty. 

  • 5. Staining on the superior conjunctiva is indicative of what ocular finding?*

  • The correct answer is superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis 

  • 6. Debris found at the base of the eyelashes is indicative of what ocular findings?*

  • The correct answer is Demodex.

  • CASE REVIEW

    A 42 year-old-female presents for an emergent eye examination with chief complaint of foreign body sensation that grows throughout the day. She has, over the past two years, been placed in biweekly contact lenses from monthly lenses and now is wearing daily disposable contact lenses. She uses an artificial tear to help with the symptoms a minimum of four times daily and at a maximum of six times daily. She notes that her co-workers ask her why her eyes become red throughout the day. She is taking an oral anti-depressant and has seasonal allergies which she takes a daily allergy medicine for.

     

    Findings

    Her vision was 20/20 ou with moderate myopic correction at distance and 20/25 at near.  Her OSDI was a 38. She had mild corneal staining that extended into her visual axis and moderate conjunctival staining mostly at 3 and 9 oclock on the bulbar conjuctiva. Her TBUT was 5 seconds. Her Inflammadry readings were strong positive ou with a 320mOsm Osmolarity reading in both eyes. 

  • 7. Her OSDI is significant for …?*

  • The correct answer is severe dry eye symptoms. 

  • 8. Her corneal findings were___?*

  • The correct answer is ITF grade 3.

  • 9. Based on the findings above, what would be the best first step in treatment given the ITF guidelines.*

  • The correct answer is to start topical cyclosporine and re-evaluate in 1 month. 

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