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Foreign Body/Welders Flash/Chemical Splash Eye

Date Last Search Run: Jan 14, 2025
Table last updated: May 02, 2021
Data last added: Mar 31, 2021

Recommendation RECOMMENDATION FOR INTERVENTION
STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE FOR INTERVENTION   SUPPORTIVE (Green) NEUTRAL (Yellow) AGAINST (Red) NOT YET GRADED (White)
1 (strong evidence exists)      
2 (fair evidence exists)    
3 (weak evidence exists)      


Interventions

Flush with > 1L Saline
Level Direction Primary Outcome Patient/Process Setting Reference
II Supportive (Green) Eye corrosion severity Process PH-Bystander Wiesner N, Dutescu RM, Uthoff D, Kottek A, Reim M, Schrage N. First aid therapy for corrosive chemical eye burns: results of a 30-year longitudinal study with two different decontamination concepts. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019; 257(8) 1795-803. Medline

Topical anaesthetic
Level Direction Primary Outcome Patient/Process Setting Reference


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