Misdiagnosis of acute eye diseases by primary health care providers: Incidence and implications

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 402-404

  Statham, Michael O ^a   Sharma, Anamika ^b   Pane, Anthony R ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CHALAZION; CONTACT LENS KERATITIS; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRY EYE; EPISCLERITIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; IRITIS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA TEAR; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 54549107128     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02091.x     Document Type: Article

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