Severe ocular injuries from improperly disposed medical syringes in children

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-110

  Al Hussaini, Ashraf K ^a   Shazly, Tarek A ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; EYE LAVAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INJURY SEVERITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PANOPHTHALMITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SYRINGE; TIME; TRAUMATIC CATARACT; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EGYPT; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SYRINGES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77950537443     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20100308-10     Document Type: Article

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