Clinical profile of ocular injuries in a geographically isolated Colombian municipality

•Eye traumas occurred in 73.29% during the working day.•Most of the participants in this study (60.96%) live in the rural area.•The most compromised structure was the cornea.•None of the participants wear protective elements during work.•The Birmingham-Eye-Trauma-Terminology-System-BETTS was used to...

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Published in:International emergency nursing 2020-09, Vol.52, p.100909, Article 100909
Main Authors: D'Antone, Valeria Andrea, Cely Quiroz, Laudelina, Palencia Florez, Diana Cristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
BETTS
Burns
Classification
Clinical variables
Colombia
Contusions
Emergency medical care
Epidemiology
Eye injuries
Informal economy
Injuries
Occupational accidents
Rural area
Sociodemographics
Terminology
Trauma
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Summary:•Eye traumas occurred in 73.29% during the working day.•Most of the participants in this study (60.96%) live in the rural area.•The most compromised structure was the cornea.•None of the participants wear protective elements during work.•The Birmingham-Eye-Trauma-Terminology-System-BETTS was used to classify the lesions. To characterize epidemiologically eye trauma in the municipality of Santa Rosa Del Sur, Bolívar, Colombia from June 2015 to May 2016. Methodology: A descriptive observational study of eye injuries was performed in patients recruited consecutively. Trauma characterization was performed following the international Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology System (BETTS) classification and incorporating ocular adnexa and burns. Injury causes, sociodemographic and clinical variables were included. There were 146 people with eye trauma (149 eyes) during the calendar year. The incidence was 3.61 per 1000 inhabitants: 94% (136) were men, 50.34% (73) traumas in the right eye and three people with bilateral traumas. 71.72% of the injuries were occupational accidents, the highest frequency being among people between 25 and 34 years of age 45 people, (31.03%); 8 children were affected. Applying the BETTS classification, there were 98.67% (147) with closed globe injury. Of these cases, 87.07% (128) were lamellar lacerations and 12.93% (19) contusions. Two eyes with open globe injury. The most compromised structure was the cornea in 75.84% (113). The data provide epidemiological characterization of eye injuries in a geographically isolated Colombian municipality. The male sex, informal work and lack of protective elements at work are factors more frequently seen in patients with eye injuries.
ISSN:1755-599X
1878-013X
DOI:10.1016/j.ienj.2020.100909