Dry eye disease incidence in hemodialysis

Abstract

Introduction: patients undergoing hemodialysis has numerous ophthalmological complications. Aim: To explore if the dry eye disease incidence, in patients undergoing hemodialysis, exists and if its frequency is greater compared to the healthy subjects. Methods: A total of 126 patients undergoing hemodialysis as well as 23 healthy subjects underwent complete ophthalmological examinations. The dry eye disease tests were performed in the patients undergoing hemodialysis: Schirmer test, Tears Break Up Time (TBUT) test and 'Red eye syndrome'. Results: Comparing findings of dry eye disease parameters in patients undergoing hemodialysis vs. healthy subjects findings were the following: Schirmer's test results 52,78% vs. 36,36%, (x2 = 4,02, p=0,0448, p<0,05) and 'Red eye syndrome' 38,10% vs 19,05% ( x2 = 5,69, p=0,0170, p<0,05), while the TBUT test has shown pathological results in 38.89% of undergoing hemodialysis patients. Conclusions: Dry eye disease is significantly more frequent in patients undergoing hemodialysis than in healthy subjects.

Keywords

• Hemodialysis
• Dry eye
• Schirmer test
• TBUT- test
• Red eye syndrome