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Management of Traumatic Hyphema

Survey of Ophthalmology, 2002
Hyphema (blood in the anterior chamber) can occur after blunt or lacerating trauma, after intraocular surgery, spontaneously (e.g., in conditions such as rubeosis iridis, juvenile xanthogranuloma, iris melanoma, myotonic dystrophy, keratouveitis (e.g., herpes zoster), leukemia, hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, and in association with the use of ...
Marco A Zarbin
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Management of Traumatic Hyphema

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1983
To the Editor.— The reply discussing the circumstances under which patients with traumatic hyphema should be hospitalized 1 does not adequately address the complexities or controversies that hyphema management has generated in the ophthalmic literature.
M A, Horowitz, D B, Schaffer, G R, Diamond, J A, Katowitz, G E, Quinn   +4 more
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Traumatic hyphema

Ophthalmology, 1998
Traumatic hyphema usually occurs in young men at the rate of 17-20/1000,000. Major complications include secondary hemorrhage, glaucoma, corneal staining and disturbances in visual acuity. Final visual acuity is predominantly the outcome of all the ocular injuries occurring during the trauma, mainly to the posterior segment of the eye.
Yichieh Shiuey, Mark J Lucarelli
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Traumatic Hyphema

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, 1986
Multiple modalities of treatment for traumatic hyphema have been advocated in the past. Therapy should be directed at reducing the risk of secondary hemorrhage and the potentially devastating complications of corneal blood staining and optic atrophy. Therapeutic regimens proven successful include: a patch and shield to the traumatized eye; daily visual
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Treatment of Traumatic Hyphema

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1983
To the Editor.— I read with concern Dr Yasuna's answer to the question, "Under what circumstances should one hospitalize patients with traumatic hyphema?" (1983;249:1207). The treatment of traumatic hyphema has always been controversial; however, most ophthalmologists would probably agree with Dr Yasuna that patients with severe hyphema should be ...
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Treatment of Traumatic Hyphema

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
To the Editor.— I refer to Dr Kershner's 1 letter challenging the routine use of oral steroids for traumatic hyphema as advocated by Dr Yasuna. 2 Although the authors admit that the treatment of traumatic hyphema is controversial, I was surprised that neither author mentioned the use of antifibrinolytic therapy with aminocaproic acid for this ...
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Management of Traumatic Hyphema

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1974
A strictly enforced management plan of bed rest, sedation, binocular eye pads, and immediate treatment with orally administered prednisone was used on 50 consecutive patients with traumatic hyphema who were treated in the years 1967 to 1972. No instance of secondary hemorrhage was encountered.
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Medical treatment of traumatic hyphema

Survey of Ophthalmology, 1975
Evaluation and treatment of traumatic hyphema uncomplicated by perforation or dissolution of the ocular coats, and the goals of immediate and late treament, are discussed. Results of the author's series of 301 cases are compared to results of other series. The prognosis depends greatly on the size of the hyphema and the immediacy of treatment.
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Traumatic Hyphema in an Urban Population

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1990
We reviewed 241 patients (178 black and 63 white) who were examined and treated at the Detroit Medical Center between 1980 and 1989 for traumatic hyphema. Secondary hemorrhage occurred in 46 patients (19%) and was significantly higher in black patients (P less than .005).
T C, Spoor, G M, Kwitko, J M, O'Grady, J M, Ramocki   +3 more
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Traumatic hyphema

American Nurse Journal
A nurse’s triage skills result in the appropriate plan of care.
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