Profile of ocular emergencies in a tertiary hospital from Northeast of Brazil Perfil das emergências oculares em um hospital terciário do Nordeste do Brasil

PURPOSE: To evaluate the profile of all the visits to the ophthalmic emergency service at a tertiary hospital in the city of Sobral, Ceará, northeast of Brazil. METHODS: A survey was carried out of all patients attended at ophthalmology emergency service of the department of ophthalmology of Santa C...

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Main Authors: Paulo de Tarso Ponte Pierre Filho, Paulo Rogers Parente Gomes, Érika Teles Linhares Pierre, Felisberto Bastos Pinheiro Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia 2010-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-72802010000100003