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Incidence, risk factors and impact of protocolised care on exposure keratopathy in critically ill adults: a two-phase prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Exposure keratopathy (EK) has a high incidence in critically ill patients. We aimed to determine the rate of EK in patients admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU), identify risk factors for developing EK and ascertain the effectiveness of a protocol to prevent EK. METHODS: We undertoo...

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Autores principales: Kousha, Obaid, Kousha, Zubaid, Paddle, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29338772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1925-5