Corneal calcification after chemical eye burns caused by eye drops containing phosphate buffer

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 744-747

  Kompa, Sirpa ^a   Redbrake, Claudia ^b   Dunkel, Bettina ^a   Weber, Anke ^a   Schrage, Norbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Augenzentrum Alsdorf ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcification; Calcium; Cornea; Eye burn; Irrigation; Phosphate; Phosphate buffer

Indexed keywords

ADSORBONAC; ALCON; ALERG; ARTELAC; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BERBERIL; BIOLON; CALCIUM; CARBAMANN; CARTEOLOL; CLONIDINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMYTREX; DEXPANTHENOL; EYE DROPS; EYE OINTMENT; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; HYALURONIC ACID; LATANOPROST; LEVOBUNOLOL; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SULFACETAMIDE; THIOMERSAL; TIMOLOL; TIMOLOL MALEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CALCAREOUS DEGENERATION; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE BURN; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; SLIT LAMP; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BUFFERS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CALCINOSIS; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE BURNS; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PHOSPHATES;

EID: 33747871466     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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