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CANADIAN JOURNAL of OPTOMETRY
REVUE CANADIENNE D’OPTOMÉTRIE
Vol 79, No 4
CANADIAN JOURNAL of OPTOMETRY | REVUE CANADIENNE D’OPTOMÉTRIE
Winter/Hiver 2017 EST. 1939 VOLUME 79 NUMBER 4
ISSN 0045-5075
The Canadian Journal of Optometry is the official
publication of the Canadian Association of CONTENTS
Optometrists (CAO) / La Revue canadienne
5 EDITORIAL
d’optométrie est la publication officielle de
l’Association canadienne des optométristes (ACO) : 7 ÉDITORIAL
234 Argyle Avenue, Ottawa ON, K2P 1B9. Phone 613
235-7924 / 888 263-4676, fax 613 235-2025, e-mail C CLINICAL RESEARCH
info@opto.ca, website www.opto.ca. Publications
Mail Registration No. 558206 / Envoi de publication 9 CASE STUDY
– Enregistrement no 558206. Corneal Dystrophy Adds to the Frustration of a Dry Eye Patient
The Canadian Journal of Optometry / La Revue
By Michelle Zakem and Etty Bitton, OD, MSc, FAAO, FBCLA
canadienne d’optométrie (USPS#0009-364) is
19 RESEARCH
published four times per year. Address changes
should be sent to CAO, 234 Argyle Avenue, Ottawa, Dry Eye Diseases and Ocular Surgery: Practical Guidelines
for Canadian Eye Care Practitioners
ON K2P 1B9.
By Paul M. Karpecki, OD, FAAO, C. Lisa Prokopich, OD, MSc,
The CJO*RCO is the official publication of the CAO.
Louis Racine, MD, FRCSC, Etty Bitton, OD, MSc, FAAO,
However, opinions and commentaries published in
the CJO*RCO are not necessarily either the official Barbara Caffery, OD, PhD, Paul Harasymowycz, MD, FRCSC,
opinion or policy of CAO unless specifically identified Langis Michaud, OD, MSc, FAAO, Victor D. Pegado, MD, FRCSC, Dipl. ABO,
as such. Because legislation varies from province to Jean-Sébastien Dufour, OD, MSc, Paul Neumann, OD, Andrew Webber, OD,
province, CAO advises optometrists to consult with John Ashkenas, PhD
their provincial licensing authority before following 35 RECHERCHE CLINIQUE
any of the practice management advice offered in Lignes directrices pratiques pour les professionnels canadiens
CJO*RCO. The CJO*RCO welcomes new advertisers. des soins oculovisuels concernant la sécheresse oculaire et la
CAO reserves the right to accept or reject any chirurgie de l’œil
advertisement submitted for placement in the By Paul M. Karpecki, O.D., FAAO, C. Lisa Prokopich, O.D., M. Sc.,
CJO*RCO.
Louis Racine, M.D., FRCSC, Etty Bitton, O.D., M. Sc., FAAO,
La CJO*RCO est la publication officielle de l’ACO.
Barbara Caffery, O.D., Ph. D.,Paul Harasymowycz, M.D., FRCSC,
Les avis et les commentaires publiés dans la CJO*RCO
Langis Michaud, O.D., M. Sc., FAAO, Victor D. Pegado, M.D., FRCSC, Dipl. ABO,
ne représentent toutefois pas nécessairement la
Jean-Sébastien Dufour, O.D., M. Sc., Paul Neumann, O.D., Andrew Webber, O.D.,
position ou la politique officielle de l’ACO, à moins
John Ashkenas10, Ph. D.
qu’il en soit précisé ainsi. Étant donné que les lois
sont différentes d’une province à l’autre, l’ACO
P PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
conseille aux optométristes de vérifier avec l’organisme
provincial compétent qui les habilite avant de se con- 53
former aux conseils de la CJO*RCO sur la gestion de leurs RISK MANAGEMENT
Evaluating Various Building Types for Optometry Tenants
activités. La CJO*RCO est prête à accueillir de nouveaux
annonceurs. L’ACO se réserve le droit d’accepter ou de By Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield
refuser toute publicité dont on a demandé l’insertion
dans la CJO*RCO.
Editor- in - Chief / Éditeur en chef
Dr Ralph Chou
On the Cover
Academic Editors / Rédacteurs académiques
University of Waterloo, Dr B. Ralph Chou, En face view of a cornea with punctate
Université de Montréal, Dr Claude Giasson fluorescein staining consistent with dry
Canadian Association of Optometrists/L’Association eye disease (DED). DED is a common
canadienne des optométristes inflammatory disorder that needs to be
managed effectively, all the more so in
Rhona Lahey, Director Marketing and Communications/ individuals undergoing ophthalmic surgery.
Directrice du marketing et des communications In this issue, Karpecki et al. (p. 19) offer
Published by: guidance on the peri-surgical management
of DED, as well as best practice for
collaborative management of surgical patients
by optometrists and ophthalmologists.
(Image courtesy of E. Bitton)
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