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SURVEY OF EYE CASUALTY PATIENTS, 1976–7, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL, BRISBANE
Author(s) -
Boyle Rhonda
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1978.tb00258.x
Subject(s) - audit , optometry , medicine , foreign bodies , medical emergency , ophthalmology , general surgery , surgery , management , economics
Summary A medical audit was carried out on 10831 patients, presenting to an Eye Casualty Department in one year. 57% were treated (or refractive errors, 7.7% for ocular foreign bodies and 6.5% for conjunctivitis. One fifth of ocular foreign bodies were caused by grinding accidents. Defects in such a medical audit, arising from errors of input and from choice of diagnostic criteria, are discussed.