ArticleBiomedicines2022
Altered Ocular Surface Health Status and Tear Film Immune Profile Due to Prolonged Daily Mask Wear in Health Care Workers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physio-metabolic and clinical consequences of wearing face masks-Systematic review with meta-analysis and comprehensive evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Mask-associated dry eye disease following short-term facemask wear with or without nasal bridge taping among health workers at a Nigerian tertiary care facility: a cross-over randomized clinical trial.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Trial
- New healthcare insights in ophthalmology: using a data integration center (DIC) to analyze the care of patients with corneal ulceration during the COVID-19 pandemic.International ophthalmology · 2026Article
- [Determination of vitamin A and vitamin E in human tear by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and analysis of their relationship with dry eye].Se pu = Chinese journal of chromatography · 2026Article
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Tear fluid participates in systemic immunity.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Review
- Correlation among ocular surface changes and systemic hematologic indexes and disease activity in primary Sjögren's syndrome: a cross-sectional study.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Trackins (Trk-Targeting Drugs): A Novel Therapy for Different Diseases.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Real or MADE-up: Investigating Mask-Associated Dry Eye (MADE) as an emerging syndrome.Eye (London, England) · 2024Review
- The bacterial burden of worn face masks-observational research and literature review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Changes in the ocular surface microbiome of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Ocular surface immune cell diversity in dry eye disease.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023Review
- Assessing clinical and molecular outcomes of prophylactic thermal pulsation therapy on ocular surface health following refractive surgery.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Tear biomarkers in dry eye disease: Progress in the last decade.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023Review
- Alterations in tear film and wavefront parameters associated with different types of disposable surgical masks in healthcare personnel during working hours: a randomized trial.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmologyArticle
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16 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Prolonged daily face mask wearing over several months might affect health of the ocular surface and is reported to be associated with complaints of discomfort and dry-eye-like symptoms. We studied the ocular surface clinical parameters, tear soluble factors and immune cell proportions in ophthalmologists practicing within similar environmental conditions (
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