Expert consensus on the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of neurotrophic keratopathy.

Background: Neurotrophic keratopathy (NK) is a relatively uncommon, underdiagnosed degenerative corneal disease that is caused by damage to the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve by conditions such as herpes simplex or zoster keratitis, intracranial space-occupying lesions, diabetes, or neurosurgical procedures. Over time, epithelial breakdown, corneal ulceration, corneal melting (thinning), perforation, and loss of vision may occur. The best opportunity to reverse ocular surface damage is in the earliest stage of NK.

Adoption of Electronic Health Records and Perceptions of Financial and Clinical Outcomes Among Ophthalmologists in the United States.

Importance: Assessing the rate of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and ophthalmologists' perceptions on financial and clinical productivity is important in understanding how to direct future design and health care policy.

Objective: To assess adoption rate and perceptions of financial and clinical outcomes of EHRs among ophthalmologists in the United States.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Population-based, cross-sectional study.

Episodes of microbial keratitis with therapeutic silicone hydrogel bandage soft contact lenses.

Objective: To report the therapeutic practice patterns of silicone hydrogel (SiH) bandage soft contact lenses (BSCL) and the resultant rate of microbial keratitis (MK).

Methods: A retrospective case series of patients treated with therapeutic BSCLs for ocular surface disease from January 2006 to January 2009 in a tertiary care cornea practice. All patients had a history of ocular surface disease.