Surveillance of severe chemical corneal injuries in the UK

Macdonald, Elisabeth; Cauchi, Paul; Azuara‐Blanco, Augusto; Foot, B

doi:10.1136/bjo.2008.154831

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“…24 -26 Alkaline was the most common causative agent (66.7%) among chemical injuries in a series from the United Kingdom. 27 The incidence is probably higher in developing countries based on the number of surgical procedures performed. 28 Prompt irrigation of the injured eye at the site of injury and in the emergency clinic is vital to prevent blindness; advanced stages are more difficult to treat because of stem cell FIGURE 6.…”

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Hydrogen andN-Acetyl-l-Cysteine Rescue Oxidative Stress-Induced Angiogenesis in a Mouse CornealAlkali-Burn Model

Kubota

Shimmura

Kubota

et al. 2011

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.

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Hydrogen andN-Acetyl-l-Cysteine Rescue Oxidative Stress-Induced Angiogenesis in a Mouse CornealAlkali-Burn Model

Kubota

Shimmura

Kubota

et al. 2011

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.

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“…In developed countries, the rate of such injuries is low; however in developing countries it is increasing. A study conducted in the United Kingdom, the incidence of serious chemical eye injury was 0.02 per 100 thousand people [8]. Another study from China reported that ocular chemical burns are 1.2-1.7% of all burns, and 33% of the entire chemical burns involved eyes [9].…”

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Occupational-related chemical ocular injuries: an analysis of 82 patients

Kıvanç¹,

Budak²,

Çevik³

et al. 2016

Eur Res J

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Objectives.To investigate the characteristics of occupational chemical eye injuries. Methods. Medical records of patients, who were registered to hospital officially as occupational chemical eye injuries between January 2010 and December 2013, were reviewed. The age, gender, injured eye, chemical agent, nature of the chemical, ocular findings, emerging complications and the information whether the patients knew the chemical agent causing the injury was recorded. Results. One hundred one eyes of 82 patients (2 women, 80 men) were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 32.9±8.6 years (range: 19-59 years). Injury was bilateral in 19 patients. Chemical agents were not known by 53% of the patients. The most known agents were caustic agents (23%). Sulfuric acid (9%) and calcium hydroxide (4%) were other known chemical agents. The most common injury was superficial punctate epitheliopathy. Ten eyes of 9 patients had corneal edema. This injury was caused by acidic agents in 5 and alkaline agents in 3 patients. Corneoscleral perforation accompanied by chemical injury in one patient with car battery explosion. Conclusions. Most of the workers, who had eye injuries with chemicals, do not know the nature of chemical agent which caused the injury. Ocular morbidities may be decreased with the education of the workers about chemicals, working environment and protective measures.

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“…Severe chemical injuries predominantly men of working age, with alkali injuries accounting for 66.7% of cases in this subgroup 1 . In this report clinical features at presentation included significant eyelid damage in 33.3% and symblepharon formation in 16.6% of cases (Macdonald et al, 2009).…”

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