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2. Eye injuries during general anaesthesia - Wikipedia

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   Corneal abrasions are the most common injury; they are caused by direct trauma, exposure keratopathy/keratitis [1] [7] [8] or chemical injury. [7] [9]An open eye increases the vulnerability of the cornea to direct trauma from objects such as face masks, laryngoscopes, identification badges, stethoscopes, surgical instruments, anaesthetic circuits, and drapes.

3. Corneal abrasion - Wikipedia

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   Corneal abrasion is a scratch to the surface of the cornea of the eye. [3] Symptoms include pain, redness, light sensitivity , and a feeling like a foreign body is in the eye. [ 1 ] Most people recover completely within three days.

4. Tetracaine - Wikipedia

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   Tetracaine is the T in TAC, a mixture of 5 to 12% tetracaine, 0.05% adrenaline, and 4 or 10% cocaine hydrochloride used in ear, nose, and throat surgery and in the emergency department where numbing of the surface is needed rapidly, especially when children have been injured in the eye, ear, or other sensitive locations. [8]

5. Ophthalmic drug administration - Wikipedia

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   [5] [12] To keep the specific drug in the therapeutic window using eye drops the topical must be applied approximately every 30 minutes in order to be fully effective. [ 5 ] [ 12 ] Having to apply eye drops every 30 minutes would be nearly impossible for anyone and is not the ideal mechanism by which to deliver such drugs to the eye.

6. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   drops GSL General sales list Gutt/g Guttae (drops) Meds Medications Nocte/QHS At night Occ Ointment od/QD Once a day otc Over the counter (bought medication) P Pharmacy (drug) POM Prescription-only medicine prn When required q Every (e.g. q2h – every two hours) qds/qid Four times a day Rx Prescription tds/tid Three times a day ung Ointment

7. Recurrent corneal erosion - Wikipedia

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   Most cases of recurrent corneal erosion are acquired. There is often a history of recent corneal injury, such as corneal abrasion or ulcer, but also may be idiopathic or due to corneal dystrophy or corneal disease. In other words, one may develop corneal erosions as a result of another disorder, such as epithelial basement membrane dystrophy ...

8. Eye drop - Wikipedia

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   Eye drops or eyedrops are liquid drops applied directly to the surface of the eye usually in small amounts such as a single drop or a few drops. Eye drops usually contain saline to match the salinity of the eye. Drops containing only saline and sometimes a lubricant are often used as artificial tears to treat dry eyes or simple eye irritation ...

9. Proxymetacaine - Wikipedia

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   Proxymetacaine is for topical ophthalmic use only, and it is specifically not intended for injection. Prolonged use of this or any other topical ocular anesthetic may produce permanent corneal opacification with accompanying visual loss.