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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia2023

Keratitis in patients with corneal foreign bodies: a cross-sectional study in Cali, Colombia.

Diego Andres Guarin, Francisco Javier Bonilla-Escobar, Omar Salamanca, Gerson López Moreno, Alexander M Martínez-Blanco

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Diego Andres GuarinGrupo de Investigación en Visión y Salud Ocular, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0001-7437-3262
Francisco Javier Bonilla-EscobarGrupo de Investigación en Visión y Salud Ocular, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Omar SalamancaGrupo de Investigación en Visión y Salud Ocular, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Gerson López MorenoGrupo de Investigación en Visión y Salud Ocular, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Alexander M Martínez-BlancoGrupo de Investigación en Visión y Salud Ocular, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Universidad del Valle · COUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

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Abstract

purposesTo describe the clinical characteristics and factors associated with keratitis in patients with corneal foreign bodies in Colombia.

methodsThis cross-sectional study was based on a clinical records review of patients who had corneal foreign bodies and were admitted to the emergency department between June 2018 and June 2019 in Cali, Colombia. The primary outcome was the presence of keratitis diagnosed based on clinical criteria. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify associated factors.

resultsA total of 381 corneal foreign bodies in 372 patients were analyzed (median age, 40.0; interquartile range, 29.0-53.0 years; male, 94.7% (n=352). Ninety-five patients developed keratitis (24.9%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 20.8%-29.5%). In the multivariate analysis, age 30 years (odds ratio [OR] 2.15, 95% CI 1.06-4.36), finding of aqueous flare (OR 2.81, 95% CI 1.39-5.66]), and a foreign body in the peripheral cornea (OR 2.05, 95% CI 1.19-3.50] were associated with an increased risk for keratitis. Sex, time between injury and admission, and corneal edema were not related to keratitis (p>0.05).

conclusionIn Cali, Colombia, a high proportion of keratitis was reported in patients with corneal foreign body. Age, an aqueous flare, and a foreign body in the peripheral cornea were the factors associated with keratitis.

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Eye Foreign BodiesKeratitisAdultColombiaCorneaCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMale

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