title: Current pattern treatment of hordeolum by ophthalmologists in Thailand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the current pattern of treatment among ophthalmologists in Thailand.
  
  
  METHODS
  A two-page Thai questionnaire was distributed to Thai ophthalmologists' annual meeting. Other questionnaires were sent to the eye institute or conducted by telephone interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five hundred one physicians participated in the present study (49.17%). Warm compression usage was suggested (n = 459; 91.62%). The prescription before I & C was combined topical and oral antibiotics, only oral antibiotics (n = 12; 2.4%), or no oral antibiotics (n = 21; 4.19%). I & C was performed only in cases with flocculated mass in irrespective size (n = 271; 54%), mass size of 4.47 (range 2-10 mm) (n = 124; 24.76%), or requested by patients (n = 13; 2.59%). The prescription after I & C was combined topical and oral antibiotics, no oral antibiotics (n = 74; 14.77%), or no antibiotics at all (n = 14; 2.79%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Warm compression was commonly used. I&C was administered if there was flocculated mass. Antibiotics usage before and after I & C was the same. First choice antibiotics were combination of neomycin, polymyxin, and gramicidine eye drop, chloramphenicol eye ointment, and oral dicloxacillin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Chutima
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Panicharoen
authors.forename: Parima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hirunwiwatkul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006726:Hordeolum / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009885:Ophthalmology; D010820:Physicians; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions