Ocular Emergencies in Children: Demographics, Origin, Symptoms, and Most Frequent Diagnoses

Table 1

Age, sex, and referral source for each reason for consultation.

Reason for consultation	Mean age	Most frequent sex	Most frequent source
Red eye	5 y-o (SD 3.83)	59% boys	Family or school (90%)
Traumatism	7 y-o (SD 3.77)	61% boys	Family or school (75%)
Fundoscopy	7 y-o (SD 4.74)	51% boys	Paediatrician (93%)
Eyelids or orbita	4 y-o (SD 3.94)	59% girls	Family or school (67%)
Visual loss	8 y-o (SD 4.31)	52% boys	Paediatrician (61.5%)
Acute strabismus	5 y-o (SD 3.68)	80% girls	Paediatrician (80%)
Leucocoria	4 months (0.33 y-o (SD 0.58))	67% boys	2 from the paediatrician