Research Article
The Study of Incidence and Characteristics of Patients with Eye-Related Chief Complaints at the Emergency Department of Thammasat University Hospital
Table 3
Characteristics of traumatic eye patients.
| | Variable | Total (n = 596) |
| | Mechanism of injury | | Foreign body | 342 (57.4) | | Cut or pierce | 66 (11.1) | | Animal bite or sting | 40 (6.7) | | Blunt trauma | 36 (6.0) | | Medical treatment | 34 (5.7) | | Ultraviolet light | 22 (3.7) | | Physical assault | 18 (3.0) | | Sport-related | 14 (2.3) | | Falling | 11 (1.8) | | Motor vehicle | 10 (1.7) | | Fire | 3 (0.5) |
| | Object | | Metal | 132 (22.1) | | Household products | 84 (14.1) | | Dust | 70 (11.7) | | Chemical products | 69 (11.6) | | Human body parts | 57 (9.6) | | Animal | 40 (6.7) | | Wood | 25 (4.2) | | Welding | 22 (3.7) | | Contact lens | 19 (3.2) | | Construction | 18 (3.0) | | Food | 13 (2.2) | | Stone | 9 (1.5) | | Medicine | 8 (1.3) | | Plastic | 7 (1.2) | | Gardening | 7 (1.2) | | Fire | 3 (0.5) | | Unknown | 13 (2.2) |
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