TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Ocular trauma: One in the eye for safety glasses
JO  - Archives of emergency medicine
A1  - Henderson, D.
SP  - 201
EP  - 204
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
N2  - Over a 3-month-period, a prospective study was performed on patients presenting with eye injuries to an Accident and Emergency Department. Two hundred and forty-five patients presented, representing 3.7% of total new patients seen in that period. The majority of injuries (81%) occurred in the workplace, injuries associated with grinding (32%) being the commonest. Retained foreign body (52%) was the most common injury. Eye protection was provided in 64% of cases, but only used in 48.5% of these. Seventy-eight per cent of cases were discharged without follow-up. The use of goggles appeared to provide the greatest degree of protection.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0264-4924
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -