Status of ocular trauma in hospitalized patients in Kashan, 2011: As a sample of industrial city.

Purpose: Ocular trauma is the third leading cause of hospitalization in ophthalmology patients, imposing direct and indirect physical and psychological costs on society. This study aims to investigate the status of ocular trauma in hospitalized patients in the industrialized city of Kashan in 2011.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive applied study was conducted in 2012 on patients hospitalized for ocular trauma.

An audit of eye dryness and corneal abrasion in ICU patients in Iran.

Background: The use of sedation and muscle relaxants can predispose intensive care unit (ICU) patients to poor eyelid closure and eye disorders. These complications may not get the nursing care and attention that they require; this and the predisposing factors need to be further investigated.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this audit was to use the standard eye-care technique and determine the incidence of eye dryness and corneal abrasion, on day 5 after admission, in comatose patients in the ICU.