ReviewEye & contact lens2020
A New Perspective on Dry Eye Classification: Proposal by the Asia Dry Eye Society.
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112 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 189 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Safety and efficacy of rebamipide compared to artificial tears for the treatment of dry eye: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Bridging the gap in managing dry eye disease: a consensus report by the Taiwan society of cataract and refractive surgeons.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Guideline
- Comparison of immediate therapeutic effects of 3% diquafosol and 2% rebamipide in dry eye disease: a prospective, randomized, paired-eye trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Dry Eye Subtypes in the Dry Eye Assessment and Management (DREAM) Study: A Latent Profile Analysis.Translational vision science & technology · 2022Trial
- Intracrine androgen metabolism in the meibomian gland: regulation, circadian control, and implications in dry eye disease.Endocrine journal · 2026Review
- Electroacupuncture promotes the repair of lacrimal glands damage in dry-eye animal models by modulating the BDNF/CREB signaling pathway.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a heparin-like glycosaminoglycan from snail mucus in a murine model of dry eye.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- Tear Fluid Lymphotoxin-Alpha as a Diagnostic Biomarker for the Stratification of Dry Eye Disease.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Article
- Smartphone-Based Portable Slit Lamp in Anterior Segment Diseases: A Narrative Review of Clinical Assessment and Integration with Artificial Intelligence.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2026Review
- The Effect of Dry Eye Disease Treatment Prior to Cataract Surgery on Refractive Error Reduction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Correlation analysis between ocular surface parameters and corneal higher-order aberrations in dry eye disease: a cross-sectional study.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Comprehensive Analysis of the Conjunctival Sac Microbiome in Patients With Evaporative Dry Eye and Mixed Dry Eye.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Article
- Optimizing Ocular Surface Disease (OSD) Management in Patients with Glaucoma: Expert Strategies from Asia.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
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- Integrated management of dry eye-depression comorbidity: mechanistic insights and temporal therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Quality assessment of dry eye educational videos on Xiaohongshu and differences by uploader type.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Conjunctival vascularization assessed by AS-OCTA as a biomarker of ocular involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2026Article
- A smartphone-based blink training application for alleviating dry eye signs and symptoms.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
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- Erratum issued
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24 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The 2017 consensus report of the Asia Dry Eye Society (ADES) on the definition and diagnosis of dry eyes described dry eye disease as "Dry eye is a multifactorial disease characterized by unstable tear film causing a variety of symptoms and/or visual impairment, potentially accompanied by ocular surface damage." The report emphasized the instability of tear film and the importance of visual dysfunction in association with dry eyes, highlighting the importance of the evaluation of tear film stability. This report also discussed the concept of tear film-oriented therapy, which stemmed from the definition, and which is centered on provision of insufficient components in each tear film layer and ocular surface epithelium. The current ADES report proposes a simple classification of dry eyes based on the concept of tear film-oriented diagnosis and suggests that there are three types of dry eye: aqueous-deficient, decreased wettability, and increased evaporation. It is suggested that these three types respectively coincide with the problems of each layer: aqueous, membrane-associated mucins, and lipid/secretory mucin. Although each component cannot be quantitatively evaluated with the current technology, a practical diagnosis based on the patterns of fluorescein breakup is recommended. The Asia Dry Eye Society classification report suggests that for a practical use of the definition, diagnostic criteria and classification system should be integrated and be simple to use. The classification system proposed by ADES is a straightforward tool and simple to use, only through use of fluorescein, which is available even to non-dry eye specialists, and which is believed to contribute to an effective diagnosis and treatment of dry eyes.
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