Perfil do trauma ocupacional ocular em unidade de emergência oftalmológica

Autor: Ticiana de Francesco Figueiredo, Marcos Fábio Pinto Bandeira, Renata Girão Cavalcante, Marília de Freitas Chaves, Alexis Galeno Matos, Fernanda Araújo de-Souza
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho. 15:329-332
ISSN: 2447-0147
1679-4435
DOI: 10.5327/z1679443520170067
Popis: Background Eye injury is the most frequent reason for visits to ophthalmological emergency departments, being one of the leading causes of avoidable blindness worldwide and having considerable socioeconomic impact on health systems and populations. Objective To establish the epidemiologic profile of eye injuries caused by work accidents, visual sequelae and socioeconomic impact. Methods A retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted by reviewing the medical records of patients with occupational eye injury treated at an ophthalmologic emergency department from April to August 2016. Results A total of 112 patients were included, all of them male. The most affected age group was 31 to 35 years old, and the main professional category the one of mechanics; foreign bodies on the eye surface represented 85% of injuries; 72% of patients sought specialized treatment more than 12hours after the accident; and for 86% this was their first treatment at the company. Half of the patients used personal protective equipment. In most cases the final visual acuity after injury was not impaired. Conclusion Although most patients did not remain with visual sequelae, occupational eye injury resulted in loss of working days and expenses with medication. Studies such as the present one contribute to the mapping of the investigated problem and to the formulation of preventive strategies.
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