Corneal and conjunctival injury seen in urgent care centres in Israel.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Corneal and conjunctival injuries (CCI) comprise a large portion of the cases presenting to hospital-based emergency departments (ED) with ocular involvement. Urgent Care Centres (UCC) offer community based emergency care at lower cost than hospital-based emergency departments (ED) and with greater temporal convenience than primary care office settings. While CCI prevalence and treatment at hospital-based EDs has been well studied, this is the first report, to our knowledge, on CCI demographics and aetiology presenting to UCCs.

Methods

This retrospective study was approved by the institutional ethics committee. The setting is a UCC system in Israel, modelled on USA urgent care facilities, consisting of 17 branches at the time of the study. Electronic medical record d

SUBMITTER: Zimmerman DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6850452 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature