Add to ORKGBackground: Hospitalization for eye care is required for different reasons. The pattern of admissions into the ophthalmic wards of a sub-urban tertiary hospital was studied. Methodology: Records of patients admitted into the Ophthalmology wards of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile-Ife from January 2004 to December 2007 were reviewed and the age, sex, duration of admission and diagnosis recorded. Data was analyzed with SPSS version 13 and statistical significance inferred at P<0.05. Results: Of the 523 patients admitted, 60.2% were males while 39.8% were females (P<0.0001); the male preponderance becomes less prominent with increasing age (P=0.001). The duration of admission ranged between 2 and 24 days with a mea...
Background: Children are peculiar beings and their eye care needs are different from that of adults....
Background: Lafia, the state capital of Nasarawa State has a specialist hospital that serves the ent...
The treatment of ocular morbidity to restore vision often requires surgery. This study was done to d...
Background: Hospitalization for eye care is required for different reasons. The pattern of admission...
AIM: To describe the epidemiology and outcome of ocular injuries requiring hospital admission in Lad...
BACKGROUND: - Eye injuries are becoming relatively important, not only as a cause of presentation b...
Several barriers to accessing hospital care have been shown to cause high patronages at free medical...
BACKGROUND: - Eye injuries are becoming relatively important, not only as a cause of presentation bu...
Aim: To determine the commonest type of ocular emergencies seen at L.U.T.H. over a period of one yea...
A retrospective study of all the patients admitted to the eye ward of University of Ilorin Teaching ...
The pattern of eye disorders of 1,584 consecutive new patients presenting at a private hospital in a...
Background: There is currently limited information as to which conditions are most prevalent in comm...
The pattern of eye problems in 1,964 elderly Nigerians (972 males and 992 females) attending Univers...
To assesswhether the ophthalmic cases presenting at aNigerian tertiary eye unit are appropriate for ...
Background: Provision of affordable eye care is one of the cardinal programs of the Osun State Gover...
Background: Children are peculiar beings and their eye care needs are different from that of adults....
Background: Lafia, the state capital of Nasarawa State has a specialist hospital that serves the ent...
The treatment of ocular morbidity to restore vision often requires surgery. This study was done to d...
Background: Hospitalization for eye care is required for different reasons. The pattern of admission...
AIM: To describe the epidemiology and outcome of ocular injuries requiring hospital admission in Lad...
BACKGROUND: - Eye injuries are becoming relatively important, not only as a cause of presentation b...
Several barriers to accessing hospital care have been shown to cause high patronages at free medical...
BACKGROUND: - Eye injuries are becoming relatively important, not only as a cause of presentation bu...
Aim: To determine the commonest type of ocular emergencies seen at L.U.T.H. over a period of one yea...
A retrospective study of all the patients admitted to the eye ward of University of Ilorin Teaching ...
The pattern of eye disorders of 1,584 consecutive new patients presenting at a private hospital in a...
Background: There is currently limited information as to which conditions are most prevalent in comm...
The pattern of eye problems in 1,964 elderly Nigerians (972 males and 992 females) attending Univers...
To assesswhether the ophthalmic cases presenting at aNigerian tertiary eye unit are appropriate for ...
Background: Provision of affordable eye care is one of the cardinal programs of the Osun State Gover...
Background: Children are peculiar beings and their eye care needs are different from that of adults....
Background: Lafia, the state capital of Nasarawa State has a specialist hospital that serves the ent...
The treatment of ocular morbidity to restore vision often requires surgery. This study was done to d...