Ocular Burn

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Complications 3 Management 4 More General Terms 5 References

Introduction

• Chemical burns to the eye:

Complications

• corneal scarring
• loss of vision

Management

• sustained irrigation by the patient on site, then by the physician
• referral to an ophthalmologist

More General Terms

• eye disease (ophthalmopathy)
• burn

References

- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 15, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2009 ocular burn