title: Eye burns: an emergency and continuing problem.
abstract: Adequate treatment of eye burns is an essential task of rescue teams. Clinical and occupational medicine studies have shown that efficient emergency treatment can prevent severe eye damage, but therapy is frequently delayed or inadequate. When initial therapy has been delayed or missed, several treatment strategies, including surgery, are available that may improve the outcome of an injury with poor visual prognosis. Discussed in this review are common accident mechanisms, causative agents and biophysical/pathogenetic aspects of eye burns, together with emergency and long-term treatment strategies including surgical procedures, and factors influencing outcome.
authors.affiliation: Oberarzt, Universitatsklinikum, Rheinisch-Westfalische, Technische Hochschule, Aachen Augenklinik, Germany. schrage@act.de
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Schrage
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Langefeld
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zschocke
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuckelkorn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Redbrake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reim
mesh_terms: D000931:Antidotes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes