بررسي عوامل وقوع صدمات چشمي در مصدومين مراجعه كننده به بخش اتفاقات چشم بيمارستان خليلي شيراز، 1376

Causes of eye trauma among patients referred to Khalili hospital emergency department, Shiraz,1998

This descriptive-analytical study was performed on 4732 patients referred to the emergency department of Khalili hospital in Shiraz over a 4-month period in 1998. Data was collected by interview and medical examination. Our results showed that 97.5% of the cases were out-patients and the rest were hospitalized. Most of the patients were male (79.7%). The average age of the out-patients was 24.5 ± 14.9 and that of the in-patients was 15.5 -±- 14.9 years. The majority of the in-patients were children (70.7%), from them 46.4% had injuries at home and 56.1% were injured while playing. The most common causes of trauma in out-patients were chemical or biological agents and ultraviolet radiation (41.4%) and in-patients were projectile objects (63.7%). Patients with severe injuries were hospitalized for an average of 8.4 days. 51.2% of the operations were performed on cornea, conjunctiva and sclera and an average of 2.1 operations were performed on each eye. The annual incidence of ocular trauma in Shiraz and surrounding area was 1315 per 100,000 out-patients and 24.4 per 100,000 in-patients. Our data showed that children due to ignorance and adults during works are more prone to eye trauma, and implementing appropriate protective measures could be effective in preventing many eye injuries.