Use ABCDs to capture patients with ocular surface disease for long term

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Cornea Clinical Committee has provided us another excellent guideline for the diagnosis and management of dry eye disease.
I use a mnemonic when doing a differential diagnosis of ocular surface disease (OSD) that my fellows have found useful. I call it the ABCD of OSD. A stands for allergy, B for blepharitis/meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), C for conjunctivitis and D for dry eye disease (DED). Of course, many patients share more than one of these diagnoses and some all four, so the (Read more...)

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