Emergency eye injuries.

Abstract

This study analyses all patients presenting with eye complaints to the casualty section of a Brisbane Hospital during a one month period. Eye complaints constituted 3.6 per cent of all patients. A foreign body was involved in 57 per cent of all eye injuries. The patients were subject to a trial assessing the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment following removal of the foreign body. There was no significant difference between antibiotic and placebo (sterile saline).

• Authors: R A Kruger, J Higgins, S Rashford, B Fitzgerald, R Land
• Journal: Australian family physician (Aust Fam Physician) Vol. 19 Issue 6 Pg. 934-8 (Jun 1990) ISSN: 0300-8495 [Print] Australia
• PMID: 2248588 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Ophthalmic Solutions
• Sodium Chloride
• Framycetin

Topics

• Corneal Injuries
• Double-Blind Method
• Emergencies
• Eye Burns (epidemiology)
• Eye Foreign Bodies (drug therapy, epidemiology)
• Female
• Framycetin (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Male
• Ophthalmic Solutions
• Queensland (epidemiology)
• Random Allocation
• Sodium Chloride