title: [Hygiene and eye care in critically ill patient].
abstract: This article presents the outcomes of a bibliographic review about hygiene and eye care in critically ill patient. Such aspect of nursing, in spite of being pertinent to daily practice, produces several variables that could be subject to scientific investigation. A structured algorithm for eye care is describe in critical ill patients management, and care aspects still under investigations are debated. In conclusion, this article presents an initial analysis of the problem and dwells upon observations that such an argument can have a further development in the scientific field.
authors.affiliation: DAI, Dott., Coordinatore Servizio Infermieristico Ospedale s. Pietro FBF Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Pazzaglini
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pantaleo
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans