The Study of Incidence and Characteristics of Patients with Eye-Related Chief Complaints at the Emergency Department of Thammasat University Hospital

Table 7

Comparison of final diagnosis of patients who were discharged by emergency physicians and consulted ophthalmologists.

Mechanism of injury	Diagnosis by an emergency physician	Diagnosis by an ophthalmologist
Patients who were discharged by emergency physicians
Fan blade struck the eye	Conjunctivitis	Subconjunctival hemorrhage
Nail hit the eye	Minor trauma to the conjunctiva	Delayed hyphema
Water balm paste the eye	Chemical injury	Corneal abrasion
Plastic box scratched the eye	Subconjunctival hemorrhage	Conjunctival laceration
Wire hit the eye	Subconjunctival hemorrhage	Conjunctival laceration
Patients who were consulted by emergency physicians
Air gun splashed the eye with water	Minor trauma to the conjunctiva	Chemosis with periorbital subcutaneous emphysema
Scrap metal hit the eye	Minor trauma to the conjunctiva	Subconjunctival metallic foreign body with partial thickness scleral laceration
Burning paper burned the eye	Corneal abrasion	Corneal abrasion with corneal ulcer
Fan blade burst and hit the eye	Hyphema	Traumatic hyphema with tear bulbar conjunctiva and commotio retinae with a traumatic macula hole
Fiber scratched the eye	Hyphema	Traumatic hyphema with laceration in the upper eyelid and traumatic iridodialysis
Air hose splashed the eye	Hyphema	Traumatic hyphema with subconjunctival hemorrhage