Emergency eye rinse for chemical injuries: New considerations

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 245-

  Scott, Wendell J ^a   Schrage, Norbert ^b   Dohlman, Claes ^c  

^a Mercy Clinic Eye Specialists   (United States)

^b KLINIKEN DER STADT KÖLN GGMBH   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; BUFFER; DIPHOTERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE DROPS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHEMICAL INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EX VIVO STUDY; EYE INJURY; EYE LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CORNEAL DISEASES; DRUG LEGISLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EYE BURN; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

BORIC ACIDS; BUFFERS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CORNEAL DISEASES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EYE BURNS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEGISLATION, DRUG; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84928826763     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: 21686173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.5045     Document Type: Short Survey

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