Triaging herpes zoster ophthalmicus patients in the emergency department: Do all patients require referral?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1183-1188

  Adam, Robert S ^a   Vale, Noah ^b   Bona, Mark D ^c   Hasanee, Khalid ^a   Farrokhyar, Forough ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

herpes zoster ophthalmicus; primary care; prognosis; risk factors; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA DISEASE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HUTCHINSON SIGN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEURALGIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SUPRATROCHLEAR NERVE; SYMPTOM; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349276155     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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