Research Article
The Study of Incidence and Characteristics of Patients with Eye-Related Chief Complaints at the Emergency Department of Thammasat University Hospital
Table 8
Management and outcome of 704 eye-related chief complaint patients.
| | Variable | Total (n = 704) |
| | Management | | Eye irrigation | 265 (37.6) | | Topical antibiotic eye drop | 118 (16.8) | | Observation | 114 (16.2) | | Remove foreign body | 106 (15.1) | | Radiograph | 39 (5.5) | | IV antihistamine | 38 (5.4) | | Anesthetic eye drop | 9 (1.3) | | Human rabies immunoglobulin | 5 (0.7) | | Suture | 5 (0.7) | | Oral antihypertensive drug | 1 (0.1) | | IV antihypertensive agent | 1 (0.1) | | Blood transfusion | 1 (0.1) | | IV antibiotics | 1 (0.1) | | IV analgesia | 1 (0.1) | | Surgery | | Yes | 26 (3.7) | | No | 678 (96.3) | | Consultation | | Ophthalmologist | 133 (18.9) | | Medicine | 7 (1) | | Pediatrics | 2 (0.3) | | Surgery | 1 (0.1) | | OB-GYN | 1 (0.1) | | No | 560 (79.6) | | Disposition | | Discharge | | (i) ER discharge | 225 (32) | | (ii) Follow-up with ophthalmology clinic | 311 (44.2) | | (iii) Follow-up with other specialty clinic | 31 (4.4) | | (iv) Consult ophthalmologist and discharge | 93 (13.2) | | Admit | | (i) Ophthalmology | 30 (4.3) | | (ii) Medicine | 3 (0.4) | | (iii) OB-GYN | 1 (0.1) | | Refer | 10 (1.4) |
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