Corneoscleral Laceration and Ocular Burns Caused by Electronic Cigarette Explosions

Cornea

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1015-1018

  Paley, Grace L ^a   Echalier, Elizabeth ^b   Eck, Thomas W ^a   Hong, Augustine R ^a   Farooq, Asim V ^a   Gregory, Darren G ^b   Lubniewski, Anthony J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic cigarette; explosion; ocular trauma; open globe injury; vaping

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; BILATERAL CORNEAL BURN; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICAL CORNEAL BURN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEAL EPITHELIAL DEFECT; CORNEOSCLERAL LACERATION; DIFFUSE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPLOSION; EYE INJURY; EYE PAIN; EYELASH; EYELID EDEMA; FOREIGN BODY; GAS PERMEABLE CONTACT LENS; HAND BURN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS DISEASE; IRIS PROLAPSE; LACERATION; LOW VISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OINTMENT; PARTIAL THICKNESS CORNEAL LACERATION; PH; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SLIT LAMP; THERMAL CORNEAL BURN; TISSUE INJURY; VISUAL ACUITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLAST INJURIES; CORNEAL INJURIES; EYE BURNS; FACIAL INJURIES; INJURIES; LACERATIONS; SCLERA;

ADOLESCENT; BLAST INJURIES; CORNEAL INJURIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EXPLOSIONS; EYE BURNS; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84969144797     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000881     Document Type: Article

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