Efficacy of Simple Eye Ointment, Polyethylene Cover, and Eyelid Taping in Prevention of Ocular Surface Disorders in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" colspan="2">The severity of ocular surface disorder</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grade 0</td><td class="align_center">No exposure keratopathy</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grade I</td><td class="align_center">Punctate epithelial erosions (PEEs) involving the inferior third of the cornea</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grade II</td><td class="align_center">PEEs involving more than the inferior third of the corneal surface</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grade III</td><td class="align_center">Macroepithelial defect (MED)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grade IV</td><td class="align_center">Stromal whitening in the presence of epithelial defect (SWED)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grade V</td><td class="align_center">Stromal scar</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grade VI</td><td class="align_center">Microbial keratitis</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The grading system for OSD severity.</div>

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Table 1: Efficacy of Simple Eye Ointment, Polyethylene Cover, and Eyelid Taping in Prevention of Ocular Surface Disorders in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial 

Table 1 | Efficacy of Simple Eye Ointment, Polyethylene Cover, and Eyelid Taping in Prevention of Ocular Surface Disorders in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial 