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Topical Anesthesia: Benoxinate hydrochloride works by blocking nerve impulses in the eye, leading to temporary numbness of the cornea and conjunctiva. This allows eye examinations and procedures to be performed with minimal discomfort to the patient.
Diagnostic Procedures: It is commonly used to facilitate various diagnostic procedures, including but not limited to applanation tonometry, gonioscopy, and examination of the anterior segment of the eye. By numbing the eye's surface, benoxinate hydrochloride helps improve patient cooperation and comfort during these examinations.
Minor Eye Surgeries: Benoxinate hydrochloride may be used as a local anesthetic agent for minor eye surgeries, such as corneal abrasion repair, foreign body removal, and lid procedures. It provides effective pain relief during the surgical procedure while allowing the patient to remain conscious.
Short Duration of Action: The anesthetic effect of benoxinate hydrochloride typically lasts for a short duration, usually up to 15-20 minutes after instillation. This rapid onset and short duration of action make it suitable for use in quick, office-based procedures.
Minimal Systemic Absorption: When applied topically to the eye, benoxinate hydrochloride has minimal systemic absorption, reducing the risk of systemic side effects. However, local adverse reactions such as eye irritation, burning sensation, and transient blurred vision may occur, but they are usually mild and self-limiting.
Contraindications: Benoxinate hydrochloride should not be used in patients with a known hypersensitivity to local anesthetics of the ester type. Additionally, caution is advised in patients with corneal abrasions or lesions, as the use of topical anesthetics in these cases may delay healing and increase the risk of corneal complications.
Precautions: Healthcare providers should use benoxinate hydrochloride cautiously in patients with preexisting eye conditions, such as dry eye syndrome, glaucoma, or corneal dystrophies, as these conditions may increase the risk of adverse effects or complications.
Safe Handling: Proper techniques for instilling eye drops should be followed to minimize the risk of contamination and infection. Additionally, patients should be instructed on proper administration techniques and advised to avoid touching the tip of the dropper to prevent contamination.
We extend modifiers to include items that changes the parent and child taxa. I.e. for a species, that would be the genus that is belongs to and the strains in the species.
A higher number indicates impact on more bacteria associated with the condition and confidence on the impact.
We have X bacteria high and Y low reported. We find that the modifier reduces some and increases other of these two groups. We just tally: X|reduces + Y|Increase = Positive β X|increases + Y|decrease = Negative.
Benefit Ratio:
Numbers above 0 have increasing positive effect.
Numbers below 0 have increasing negative effect.