Citation

Adv. Gerontol. (1997) 2014; 27(1): 160-164.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Publisher Ėskulap)

DOI

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PMID

25051775

Abstract

The article presents the results of the trauma of the eyes for a period of 10 years (2000-2009) in 601 hospitalized patients of 50 (min)-92 years (max) years old. By the age criteria, the eye injury most often occurred in senile patients (50.9%), the proportion of senile patients over time decreases due to the increase of middle-aged patients. By decades of age groups, there is a slight excess of the frequency injury index at the age of 51 to 60 compared with age from 61 to 70. As potential risk factors for injury the age-related changes in quality of vision cannot be excluded. Men were 438 (72.9%), women 163 (27.1%) with an average age of males 63.4 +/- 0.4 years, females--67.1 +/- 0.8. Timely provision of expert care, as a visual criterion, reflected the time factor of patients' addressing to the hospital. The analysis of the causes of eye injuries confirmed their diversity. The traumas received by the patients while falling (14.5 +/- 1.4) including--frequent due to the aggravation factor of the patient that determines both the injury and delayed treatment are noteworthy. According to addressing to the hospital, primary emergency aid was rendered on the first day only to 15.3 +/- 1.5% patients, within 1 to 3 days 34.9 +/- 1.9% were hospitalized, 4-7 days--10.5 +/- 1.2%, 8-14 days--7.5 +/- 1.1%. The problem of eye injury in senile patients remains topical, given the frequency of eye injuries in senile patients, given the high probability of somatic aggravation of the patients as a potential risk factor for injury, delayed treatment, which makes the problem of eye trauma in senile patients the one that demands increased and due attention.

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