One month outcome of ocular related emergencies in a tertiary hospital in Central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1256-1260

  Alotaibi, Abdullah G ^a   Osman, Essam A ^a   Allam, Khalid H ^a   Abdel Rahim, Ahmed M ^a   Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHALAZION; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA DISEASE; DRY EYE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPISCLERITIS; EYE INJURY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STAFF TRAINING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UVEITIS; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EYE DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860694995     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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