Citation

Saeed A, Khan I, Dunne O, Stack J, Beatty S. Injury 2010; 41(1): 86-91.

Affiliation

Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford, Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.118

PMID

19493528

Abstract

AIM: To investigate whether recent socio-demographic changes and recent health and safety measures have impacted on the trends of ocular trauma in the South East of Ireland. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all cases of ocular trauma admitted to our department between October 2001 and September 2007, and the following data were retrieved: demographic details; mechanism of injury and nature of injury. RESULTS: During the study period, 517 patients were admitted with ocular trauma. Work-related and home-related activities were the commonest causes of admission, and accounted for 160 (31.8%) and 145 (28.4%) cases, respectively. In 2006/2007, and following the influx of migrant workers from the 10 new EU accession states (EUAS), the incidence of hospitalised ocular injuries per 100,000 was 89 in persons from the EUAS versus 18 in those of Irish origin, P

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