Severe bilateral corneal injury attributed to a preservative-containing eye lubricant

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1545-1546

  Manecke Jr , Gerard R ^a,b   Tannenbaum, Dana P ^a   McCoy, Barbara E ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CHLORAMBUTANOL; LUBRICATING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PRESERVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL INJURY; CORNEA INJURY; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033637396     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200012000-00034     Document Type: Article

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