Eye Injuries - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Chemical eye injuries 2: management and nursing care to promote visual rehabilitation.

14 Jun 2009 This second in a two-part unit examines treatment and nursing management of chemical eye injuries. Part 1 described the different chemical agents and types of injury. This part outlines the various treatment options, the management protocol used at ... Read more...

Quality of life in chemical warfare survivors with ophthalmologic injuries: the first results form Iran Chemical Warfare Victims Health Assessment Study.

17 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND: Iraq used chemical weapons extensively against the Iranians during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). The aim of this study was to assess the health related quality of life (HRQOL) in people who had ophthalmologic complications due to the ... Read more...

[Aniridia intraocular lenses in eyes with traumatic iris defects]

30 Jul 2008 BACKGROUND: Globe injuries frequently are the cause of permanent loss of visual function. Especially ruptures of the globe have a 50 times lower chance of achieving a final visual acuity better than 20/200 as compared to contusions of the globe. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Eye Injuries - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Chemical eye injuries 2: management and nursing care to promote visual rehabilitation. 14 Jun 2009
• Quality of life in chemical warfare survivors with ophthalmologic injuries: the first results form Iran Chemical Warfare Victims Health Assessment Study. 17 Jan 2009
• [Aniridia intraocular lenses in eyes with traumatic iris defects] 30 Jul 2008
• Major self-mutilation in the first episode of psychosis. 18 May 2008
• Using a stimulus correlated with reprimands to suppress automatically maintained eye poking. 30 Dec 2007
• [A procedure for estimating the rate of occupational accidents in non-European-Union workers with irregular immigrant status] 30 Dec 2007
• The pediatric patient at a maxillofacial service: Eye prosthesis. 29 Jun 2006
• Oedipism: bilateral self-enucleation. 30 Dec 2005
• Self-inflicted eye injuries: a review. 30 Aug 2004
• Bilateral self-enucleation of eyes. 30 Mar 2004
• Toy gun injuries--more than meets the eye. 27 Feb 2003
• Psychosocial distress associated with disfiguring eye conditions. 30 Dec 2002
• Learning to face the unthinkable. The charity Changing Faces celebrates 10 years of campaigning. 29 Apr 2002
• Psychiatric sequelae and psychosocial adjustment following ocular trauma: a retrospective pilot study. 29 Apr 2001
• How I lost my eye. 30 Dec 2000
• [Central serous chorioretinopathy and psychological stress] 30 Jul 2000
• Spatial and temporal vision in patients treated for bilateral congenital cataracts. 29 Sep 1999
• [Impact of assessing the mental status in rehabilitation of patients with eye injuries] 30 Oct 1997
• Oedipism. 29 Apr 1996
• Functional analysis and treatment of eye poking with response blocking. 30 Dec 1995

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Technical information about 'Eye Injuries'

Definition: Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries.

Descriptor UI: D005131

Alternative terms: Eye Injuries; Injuries, Eye; Eye Injury; Injury, Eye;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.866.260.275.250;

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; consider also /inj with specific parts of eye; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING & EYE BURNS are also available