Publications by authors named "Nidhi Satiani"

Introduction: Patients expect to have excellent vision and comfort when wearing soft contact lenses. The purpose of this study was to compare the wear experiences of participants with astigmatism when wearing a daily disposable soft toric lens to an established, commonly used reusable toric lens.

Methods: In this crossover study, habitual soft toric lens wearers were fit with a daily replacement soft toric lens (delefilcon A) and a reusable, 1-month replacement soft toric lens (comfilcon A) in a randomized order.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the wear experience of satisfied wearers of a particular reusable toric soft contact lens when refit into a water surface technology daily disposable toric soft contact lens.

Methods: 30 participants completed the study over three visits. At the first visit, subjects were refit into with their habitual reusable toric soft contact lens (comfilcon A) to maximize fit and vision.

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Purpose: To determine the proportion of infants in a pediatric medical practice who have high levels of hyperopia in addition to evaluating the ability of the PowerRefractor (PR) [with and without accessory +4.50 diopter (D) spectacles] compared with cycloplegic retinoscopy to detect highly hyperopic refractive errors.

Methods: The cycloplegic refractive error (2 drops tropicamide 1% given 5 min apart) of 200 normal birth weight infants was measured by retinoscopy and the Plusoptix PR.

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