Eye care in ICU

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-14

  Sivasankar, S ^a   Jasper, S ^a   Simon, S ^a   Jacob, P ^a   John, G ^a   Raju, R ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Exposure keratopathy; Intensive care patients

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; LUBRICATING AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EYE CARE; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; EYELID CLOSURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLIT LAMP; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 33646495114     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.24683     Document Type: Article

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