Rev Bras Oftalmol.2009;68(4):197-200
Ophthalmological’s emergencies of a day hospital
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-72802009000400002
Objective: The objective was to ascertain the main cause of the urgency and emergency in all ophthalmological diagnosis. Methods: Between february and july of 2007, eight hundred and one patients were examined prospectively at Hospital Dia da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Limeira – SP . Patients were correlated with sex, age and origin. Results: Most of these patients were men (66%) between nineteen and forty years old (74%) and female from zero to eighteen years old (52%). The most frequent causes for all the diagnosis were eye foreign body (32%), viralconjunctivitis (17%) and eyelids and adnexa diseases (12%). Conclusion: In this study of Ophthalmological’s emergencies, there were prevalence of men, patients in economically active age and cases of eye foreign body.