Korean J Ophthalmol > Volume 2(2); 1988 > Article
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 1988;2(2):69-71.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.1988.2.2.69    Published online December 30, 1988.
The significance of tear film break-up time in the diagnosis of dry eye syndrome.
Jin Hak Lee, Chang Won Kee
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National Univercity, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
The significance of tear film break-up time (BUT) was investigated by analyzing its distribution and reproducibility in 30 normal subjects and 20 dry eye patients. The BUTs* were all above 5 seconds and the reproducibility was 65% in normalsubjects. However, those were all below 10 seconds and the reproducibility was 95% in dry eye patients. These results suggest that: 1) The patient whose BUT* is below 5 seconds can be diagnosed as dry eye syndrome. 2) The value of BUT* above 10 seconds can be regarded as normal. (*The mean value of 4 different visits)
Key Words: dry eye syndrome;reproducibility of the BUT;tear film break-up time
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