Ocular Thermal Burn Injury in the Emergency Department

We present a case of an ocular thermal burn from a cooking accident where vegetable oil splashed into the patient's face. The emergency department evaluation and management of ocular thermal burns is discussed. Prompt evaluation, copious irrigation, and consultation with ophthalmology are recom...

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Autores principales: Bawany, Sheila, Macintosh, Tracy, Ganti, Latha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7105268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257682
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7137
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spelling pubmed-71052682020-04-02 Ocular Thermal Burn Injury in the Emergency Department Bawany, Sheila Macintosh, Tracy Ganti, Latha Cureus Emergency Medicine We present a case of an ocular thermal burn from a cooking accident where vegetable oil splashed into the patient's face. The emergency department evaluation and management of ocular thermal burns is discussed. Prompt evaluation, copious irrigation, and consultation with ophthalmology are recommended. Teaching points are highlighted. Cureus 2020-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7105268/ /pubmed/32257682 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7137 Text en Copyright © 2020, Bawany et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7105268/
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