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What strategies do you use to improve Jones tube tolerability in patients who require CPAP therapy?

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Ophthalmology · Jackson Eye Associates

I have seen infections from CPAP in a patient who has never had surgery. Lower lid punctum plugs helped considerably. I’ve not seen this in a Jones tube patient.

I’m sure any patient manipulating the tube would be unsuccessful. Plugging the tube with anything physical is unlikely to be possible. The...

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