Eye injuries in Northern Sweden
Abstract An analysis of 927 eye injuries treated at the University Hospital of Umeå, Northern Sweden, during a one‐year period has been made. The estimated incidence was 8.1 per 1000 population. 86% of the injuried were men. An overrepresentation of severe injuries were found in children and young a...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1755-3768.1991.tb01982.x 2023-12-03T10:27:53+01:00 Eye injuries in Northern Sweden Mönestam, Eva Björnstig, Ulf 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1991.tb01982.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1755-3768.1991.tb01982.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1991.tb01982.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Acta Ophthalmologica volume 69, issue 1, page 1-5 ISSN 1755-375X 1755-3768 Ophthalmology General Medicine journal-article 1991 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1991.tb01982.x 2023-11-09T14:22:11Z Abstract An analysis of 927 eye injuries treated at the University Hospital of Umeå, Northern Sweden, during a one‐year period has been made. The estimated incidence was 8.1 per 1000 population. 86% of the injuried were men. An overrepresentation of severe injuries were found in children and young adults, aged 10–19 years. 94.5% of the injuries were minor. The most common diagnosis was foreign body adherent to cornea or conjunctiva (40%). All chemical injuries were superficial. One‐third of the sports injuries were caused by hockey‐bockey and indoor bandy. Most of these were major injuries. The total cost of the injuries was assessed at SEK 1300 000. More information to the public concerning use of safety glasses and potential risks of eye trauma could reduce eye injury incidence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Acta Ophthalmologica 69 1 1 5 |
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Abstract An analysis of 927 eye injuries treated at the University Hospital of Umeå, Northern Sweden, during a one‐year period has been made. The estimated incidence was 8.1 per 1000 population. 86% of the injuried were men. An overrepresentation of severe injuries were found in children and young adults, aged 10–19 years. 94.5% of the injuries were minor. The most common diagnosis was foreign body adherent to cornea or conjunctiva (40%). All chemical injuries were superficial. One‐third of the sports injuries were caused by hockey‐bockey and indoor bandy. Most of these were major injuries. The total cost of the injuries was assessed at SEK 1300 000. More information to the public concerning use of safety glasses and potential risks of eye trauma could reduce eye injury incidence. |
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Eye injuries in Northern Sweden |
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