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 IACLE Information Interface
January 2007
Information Interface is a resource provided by IACLE.
It includes useful information and/or the location of information that can be accessed readily.
Information is gleaned monthly from newsletters, journals, abstracts, magazines, relevant websites, and professional associations, as well as manufacturers of contact lenses, lens care products, and clinical and/or research instrumentation.
For some websites, registration [at no charge] may be required for initial access. Some websites offer free electronic newsletters (e-zines).
Most journals offer abstracts at no charge but usually, full texts are not available free-of-charge unless you or your institution has an arrangement with the publishers, you are a member of an affiliated organization, you have a personal subscription, or you agree to pay for individual articles [often an expensive route to take]).
Ophthalmology
Medscape & Medscape Ophthalmology, MedPulse,
Week in Review - Medscape Today
Note: registration [no charge] may be required for your initial access to this very useful website. A regular electronic ophthalmological newsletter (e-zine) is also available from Medscape.
To subscribe, visit: https://profreg.medscape.com/px/newsletter.do and indicate your own area(s) of interest.
Excessive Use of Topical Anesthetics Can Be Fatal
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/551916?src=mp
Contact Lens Spectrum – 2007 January issue not available yet
www.clspectrum.com
Contact Lenses 2006
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13172
International Contact Lens Prescribing in 2006
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13173
Toric Lenses, Gravity and Other Forces
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13174
Is the Time for Monovision Over?
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13177
GPs and Myopia Progression
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13178
Eyelid Transillumination
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13180
Differentiating Between Two Similar GP Care Systems
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13181
Optometric Management – 2007 January issue
www.optometric.com
Prevent Patient Self-Prescribing
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=71826
Lens Goes Beyond Dry Eye
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=71836
Review of Optometry Online –2007 January issue
www.revoptom.com
Contact Lens Wear On the Job
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_13115.htm
Fungal Keratitis Rates Rising Before Fusarium Outbreak
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_13103.htm
Attack of the Dust Bunnies (a little tongue-in-cheek but….)
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_13105.htm
Zeroing in on Keratoconus
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_13107.htm
Review of Ophthalmology Online – 2007 January issue
www.revophth.com
Is Custom Treatment Really the Answer?
http://www.revophth.com/index.asp?page=1_13190.htm
Paving the Pastures: Urban Life and Allergy
http://www.revophth.com/index.asp?page=1_13206.htm
Refractive Surgery and The Dry-Eye Patient
http://www.revophth.com/index.asp?page=1_13207.htm
GP Lens Institute Website and Symposia– 2007 January
www.rgpli.org
Nothing new
Silicone Hydrogels Website – 2007 January
www.siliconehydrogels.org
The Clinical Value of The Measure of Oxygen Transmissibility
http://www.siliconehydrogels.org/editorials/index.asp
Clinical Manifestations of Upper Lid Staining in Adapted Silicone Hydrogel Lens Wearers
Global Contact Website
www.gclabsite.com
The Interesting Web sites section is a comprehensive listing of the URLs of most relevant contact lens-related entities arranged under logical headings.
Clinical & Experimental Optometry 2007 – January issue
www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0816-4622 (Jan 2006 –)
From Jan/Feb 2006 edition, abstracts are available at no charge but full texts are only available to OAA members, CEOptometry subscribers, and staff of subscribing institutions, or by purchase of the particular articles.
How much do we know about astigmatism?
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00117.x
A review of astigmatism and its possible genesis
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00112.x
Corneal conjunctivalisation in long-standing contact lens wearers
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00083.x
SARS, avian flu, bioterror: infection control awareness for the optometrist
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00086.x
The effect of mydriasis from phenylephrine on corneal shape
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00096.x
Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology – 2007 January
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ceo
From bench to bedside – in vivo confocal imaging on its way to a clinical decision-making tool
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01431.x
Fluorescein enhanced confocal microscopy in vivo for the evaluation of corneal epithelium
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01366.x
Demographic pattern, predisposing factors and management of ulcerative keratitis: evaluation of one thousand unilateral cases at a tertiary care centre
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01417.x
Optometry & Vision Science – 2007 January Issue
www.optvissci.com
Changes of Ocular Higher Order Aberration in On- and Off-Eye of Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200701000-00010.htm
Regional Repeatability Measures of Corneal Thickness: Orbscan II and Ultrasound
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200701000-00011.htm
Nomogram, Corneal Topography, and Final Prescription Relations for Corneal Refractive Therapy
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200701000-00012.htm
A Pre-application Drop Containing Carboxymethylcellulose Can Reduce Multipurpose Solution-Induced Corneal Staining
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200701000-00013.htm
Contact Lens & Anterior Eye (formerly: J of the Brit CL Assoc) – No January 2007 issue yet.
www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/clae/
Eye & Contact Lens – January 2007 (formerly the CLAO Journal)
http://www.claojournal.org
Updates in Acanthamoeba Keratitis
http://www.claojournal.org/pt/re/eclens/abstract.00140068-200701000-00001.htm
Modern Scleral Lenses Part I: Clinical Features
http://www.claojournal.org/pt/re/eclens/abstract.00140068-200701000-00003.htm
Modern Scleral Lenses Part II: Patient Satisfaction
http://www.claojournal.org/pt/re/eclens/abstract.00140068-200701000-00004.htm
In Vitro Assessment of Medical Device Toxicity: Interactions of Benzalkonium Chloride With Silicone-Containing and p-HEMA-Containing Hydrogel Contact Lens Materials
http://www.claojournal.org/pt/re/eclens/abstract.00140068-200701000-00005.htm
Comparison of the Efficacy of Two Lipid Emulsion Eyedrops in Increasing Tear Film Lipid Layer Thickness
http://www.claojournal.org/pt/re/eclens/abstract.00140068-200701000-00006.htm
Microbial Keratitis Pathogens and Antibiotic Susceptibilities: A 5-Year Review of Cases at an Urban County Hospital in North Texas
http://www.claojournal.org/pt/re/eclens/abstract.00140068-200701000-00007.htm
Paragon Corneal Refractive Therapy Lens Prescribed for Daily Wear in a Post-Radial Keratometry Patient
http://www.claojournal.org/pt/re/eclens/abstract.00140068-200701000-00008.htm
nvestigative Ophthalmology - 2007 January Issue
www.iovs.org For faster access outside North America use: http://intl.iovs.org
Contrast Sensitivity Function and Ocular Higher-Order Aberrations following Overnight Orthokeratology
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/2/550
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Next Issue February 2007
www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1395-3907
NZ Optics
www.nzoptics.co.nz Next column: February 2007
The Ocular Surface
http://www.theocularsurface.com/
Indices to the first 2007 issue:
http://www.theocularsurface.com/ArticlesV5N1.htm
Ophthalmic Teaching Resources
www.ophthalmic.hyperguides.com Free registration is required. A wide range of teaching materials is available. Topics offered lean towards the ophthalmological.
General Interest
NewScientist (several editions appeared in January)
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
A game directed towards young contact lens wearers
A contact lens-related educational game is now available from Menicon. The game (Menigame: http://www.menigame.com/ ) targets younger (6 to 12 years of age) contact lens wearers and delivers clear messages about personal hygiene, lens care, and lens insertion and removal. The presentation is targeted well and it will be interesting to follow its effects on the intended audience. Given the audience’s familiarity with the web and ‘button-pushing’ and the simple graphical/comic interface employed, accessing all aspects of the game should prove to be easy for even the youngest player. A section directed to the wearer’s parents is also included as is a section on the Menicon Z Junior GP lens marketing campaign. This is a novel and innovative approach to marketing and wearer education and Menicon is to be commended for its initiative. The game is available in French and English at this time (early Feb, 2007) but other languages will follow.
Technology: General
www.slashdot.org
www.theregister.co.uk
www.theinquirer.org
www.dpreview.com (an excellent digital camera website)
IACLE is indebted to its sponsors for their generous support of IACLE’s initiatives in furthering global contact lens education
CIBA Vision
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
Bausch & Lomb
CooperVision
AMO
Alcon Laboratories
Menicon Europe
IACLE also invites you to visit its website: www.iacle.org
Articles and information selected by Lewis WILLIAMS, MOptom, PhD
IACLE Secretariat, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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