II. Indication: Dry Eye evaluation
III. Technique
- Do not use Topical Anesthetic for test
- Strip of filter paper placed inside lateral canthus
- Folded at palpebral margin and draped below eye
IV. Interpretation: Positive Test
- Filter paper remains dry
- Less than 5 mm of wetting after 5 minutes or
- Less than 10 mm of wetting after 15 minutes
- Suggests diagnosis of Sjogren's Syndrome
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| Concepts | Diagnostic Procedure (T060) |
| SnomedCT | 164742009, 71564003, 141911004 |
| LNC | LP32270-8 |
| Italian | Test di Schirmer, Test della carta assorbente di Schirmer |
| Dutch | Schirmer-blotting paper test, Schirmer-test |
| German | Schirmertest mit Filterpapier, Schirmer-Test |
| Portuguese | Prova do papel mata-borrão de Schirmer, Exame de Schirmer |
| Spanish | Prueba de papel secante de Schirmer, prueba de Schirmer (procedimiento), prueba de Schirmer, prueba de producción de lágrimas, prueba del ojo seco, prueba del ojo xeroftálmico, Prueba de Schirmer |
| Japanese | シルマーテスト, シルマー試験紙テスト, ｼﾙﾏｰﾃｽﾄ, ｼﾙﾏｰｼｹﾝｼﾃｽﾄ |
| Czech | Schirmerův test, Schirmerův test se savým papírem |
| English | Schirmer test, schirmer's test, schirmer tearing test, schirmer tear tests, Schirmer tear test procedure, Schirmer's blotting paper test, Schirmer tear test (procedure), Schirmer tear test, Dry eye test, Lacrimal test, Schirmer's test, Schirmer's test (procedure) |
| Hungarian | Schirmer vizsgálat, Schirmer itatós papír vizsgálat |
| French | Test de Schirmer |
