Ocular surface disease in intensive care unit patients

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-236

  Mercieca, Franco ^a   Suresh, Palanisamy ^a   Morton, Alan ^b   Tullo, Andrew ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjunctival oedema; Intensive care unit; Lagophthalmos; Sedation score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDEMA; EYE DISEASE; EYELID; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KERATOPATHY; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARALYSIS; POSITION; SEDATION;

EID: 0032897797     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.57     Document Type: Article

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