Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The tear film has a complex composition allowing it fulfill multiple functions, such as optical, lubrication, immunological, endocrine, and neurotrophic, which are relevant for visual health. Alterations in its components, both in quality and quantity, will affect its homeostasis, also impacting the ocular surface, leading to a condition known as “dry eye”. Dry eye has a high global prevalence, which is further increasing due to environmental factors (mainly screen mainly) and the overall rise in life expectancy. Several products are available for its treatment, but lubricants, generally referred to as “artificial tears”, continue to be crucial. There is a wide variety of lubricant formulations with different indications, which, when used appropriately according to the type and severity of dry eye, allow for effective customized treatment. Considering the complexity and relevance of this issue, the Latin American Study Group on Lubricants and Dry Eye (LUBOS) was formed. This work represents a consensus with the aim of creating a diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm for dry eye, focused on the proper use of lubricants, providing practical guidance for general ophthalmologists.
Authors: María Ximena Nuñez, Alejandro Rodríguez García, Manuel Garza, José Alvaro Pereira Gomez, Alejandro Aguilar, Maria Alejandra Henríquez, María Mercedes Acevedo Velasco, Cristian Cartes-Indo, Renato Ambrósio, Dácio Carvalho Costa, Juan Pablo Aparicio, Sergio Felberg, Guillermo Ávalos Gaxiola, Denis Fornazari de Oliveira, Andrés Benatti, Gustavo Galperin, Claudia Blanco, Ana Mercedes García Albisua, Arturo Eduardo Grau Diez, Luis Alberto Real Enderica, Erick Hernández-Bogantes, Valeria Sánchez-Huerta, Juana María Londoño Ruiz, Faride Waked Tanos, Ernesto José Otero-Leongómez, Florencia Valvecchia, Claudia Palacio Pastrana, Daniel Wasilewski, Lisandro Matías Carnielli, Beatriz Eugenia Ossa López, María Isabel Corrales Martínez, Carlos Andrés Hernández-Tejada, Rodrigo Martín Torres
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405240242