Prediction of risk and incidence of dry eye in critical patients.

Objectives: to estimate the incidence of dry eye, to identify risk factors and to establish a risk prediction model for its development in adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit of a public hospital.

Method: concurrent cohort, conducted between March and June, 2014, with 230 patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Data were analyzed by bivariate descriptive statistics, with multivariate survival analysis and Cox regression.

Nursing interventions for adult intensive care patients with risk for corneal injury: a systematic review.

Purpose: Sedated patients in induced comas may experience ineffective eyelid closure, presenting higher risk for corneal ulcer. The objective was to identify evidence-based practice for corneal ulcer prevention within the intensive care unit.

Methods: A systematic literature review of nine articles was performed.

Corneal injuries: incidence and risk factors in the Intensive Care Unit.

Patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) may present risk for corneal injury due to sedation or coma. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of corneal injuries; to identify the risk factors and to propose a risk prediction model for the development of corneal injury, in adult patients, in an intensive care unit of a public hospital. This is a one year, prospective cohort study with 254 patients.