Eye irrigation as a first-line treatment and diagnostic method for emergency department patients who complain of ocular foreign bodies

Abstract This prospective study aimed at determine whether eye irrigation removes ocular foreign bodies (FBs) and whether ocular pain predicts FBs. Emergency department patients complaining of ocular FBs were enrolled. In the irrigation group (n = 52), pain was evaluated with a visual analog scale b...

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Main Authors: Hung-Da Chou, Kuan-Jen Chen, Eugene Yu-Chuan Kang, Jui-Yen Lin, Po-Han Yeh, Yen-Ting Chen, Chi-Tung Cheng, Chi-Chun Lai, Wei-Chi Wu, Yih-Shiou Hwang, Ching-Hsi Hsiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02989-3