Comparing the effectiveness of simple eye ointment with moisture chamber over the eye and eyelid taping to prevent ocular surface disorders in critically ill patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Corneal surface disorders. Condition 2: Chemosis.Keratitis, unspecified) Other conjunctival vascular disorders and cysts,(oedema)
- Registration Number
- IRCT201109225426N3
- Lead Sponsor
- Kerman University of Medical Sciences Research Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
the unconscious patient that had no blink reflex; age over 18 years; patients without orbital or ocular injury; patients that have not a previous admission to ICU within a month of enrolment; Patients without a pre-existing eye condition (history of trauma, eye disease or infection, chronic lagopthalmos, irregular blinking, received eye-care treatment and allergy to eye lubricant), Informed consent for recruitment provide by the patient’s immediate relatives
Exclusion criteria: positive ?uorescein stain at the initial eye assessment
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ocular surface disoeder. Timepoint: At baseline and then sample's eyes in terms of incidence and severity of ocular surfac disorders are examined on a daily basis to 7 day after initiate of eye care. Method of measurement: With a portable slit lamp, according to a grading system.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Chemosis. Timepoint: At baseline and then sample's eyes in terms of incidence and severity of chemosis are examined on a daily basis to 7 day after initiate of eye care. Method of measurement: With a portable slit lamp, according to a grading system.