[Ophthalmologic emergencies]

Rev Prat. 2012 Nov;62(9):1247.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Demand for emergency care eye is constantly growing (over 36,000 patients per year Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital). Care of patients is increasingly codified (trauma, neuro-ophthalmology, infectious...) for a better quality of care. The issues addressed in this folder "ophthalmologic emergencies" include symptoms most frequently encountered in clinical practice (ocular trauma, decreased visual acuity, eye pain red or white or not); their knowledge by GPs is needed to better management of patient.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Emergencies
  • Eye Diseases*
  • Humans