Ophthalmic Injuries After the Port of Beirut Blast-One of Largest Nonnuclear Explosions in History.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A review of the injury patterns, treatment strategies, and responding physicians' experience during the Port of Beirut blast may help guide future ophthalmic disaster response plans.

Objective

To present the ophthalmic injuries and difficulties encountered as a result of the Port of Beirut blast on August 4, 2020.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective medical record review of all patients who presented to the emergency department and 13 ophthalmology outpatient clinics at the American University of Beirut Medical Center for treatment of ophthalmic injuries sustained from the explosion in Port of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, from August 4 to the end of November 2020. Patients were identified from emergency records, outpatient records, and operative r

SUBMITTER: Kheir WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8343520 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature