Emergency eye injuries.
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).
Kruger
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Accident and Emergency Department, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland.
Higgins
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J
Rashford
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S
Fitzgerald
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B
Land
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R
D065306:Corneal Injuries; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004630:Emergencies; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005601:Framycetin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011897:Random Allocation; D012965:Sodium Chloride
D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D005601:Framycetin