Medical Management of Dry Eye Disease

Abstract

Medical management plays a major role in the initial treatment and control of symptoms of dry eye. Empiric evaluation of the effect of the large range of options still has a major role for the management of individual patients.

Vergleichende Untersuchung zur Therapie des evaporativen trockenen Auges

“…Als Erste haben sich Dausch und Mitarbeiter mit dem in Deutschland entwickelten Therapie-Konzept mit PhospholipidLiposomen intensiv auseinandergesetzt und deren wissenschaftliche Grundlagen zusammengetragen [22]. Das Phospholipid-Liposomen-Augenspray ist heute als fester Bestandteil der Sicca-Therapie etabliert [5,19,41] und wird als 1. Wahl bei verkürzter Tränenaufreißzeit empfohlen [3].…”

The Management of Dry Eye Disease: Proceedings of Italian Dry Eye Consensus Group Using the Delphi Method

“…Given the chronic and fluctuating nature of the disease and its treatment, communicating with and educating patients are essential means of helping patients understand that treatment must be dynamic and modified over time in order to adapt to changes in the clinical picture [ 12 ]. Our experts also emphasized the importance of jointly developing a treatment strategy with patients that takes into account environmental factors, lifestyle, working activities and also seasonal factors [ 18 , 21 , 24 , 37 , 38 ].…”

“…The second phase involved 35 highly qualified opinion leaders from the entire territory of Italy who were asked to review a selection of articles published by the members of the P.I.C.A.S.S.O. group [ 6 , 7 , 10 , 12 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ] and answered an initial round of questions in the light of their clinical experience by ranking 4 proposed responses. The questions were answered independently and anonymously using an online portal, and the participants had no access to the answers of the other clinicians.…”