Analysis of eye injury in the Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Abstract
This article presents an analysis of injuries of the eye and orbit by type of injury, severity, treatment and outcomes among adults in the Republic Sakha (Yakutia) in the period from 2014 to 2015, which revealed the following: the prevalence of home injuries (99%) among which majority of them were injuries of mild severity 66.4 % in 2014 and 64 % in 2015. Epidemiological data on the prevalence of eye injuries in the Republic Sakha (Yakutia), delayed hospitalization of emergency patients (from 40 till 70 %) demonstrate the necessity for timely diagnosis and hospitalization eye care hospital to provide specialized and, if necessary, of high-technology care for patients with acute conditions and incidence of gas and orbit, especially in remote areas of the country.
About the Authors
E. K. Zakharova
GAU RS(Yа) "YAROKB"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
T. R. Poschachina
North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
A. N. Nazarov
GAU RS(Yа) "YAROKB"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
References
1. Gogolev A.I. Yakuts. Problems of ethnogenesis and formation of culture / A.I Gogolev. - Yakutsk: YSU Publishing House, 1993. – P. 200.
2. Gogolev A.I. History of Yakutia (review of historical events before the beginning of the XX century) / A.I. Gogolev. - Yakutsk: Publishing House of the Yakutsk University, 2000. – P. 201.
3. Kochergin S.A. The study of statistically significant differences of patients’ quality of life indicators after mechanical eye injury, and healthy people / S.A. Kochergin, N.D. Sergeev // Practical Medicine. Ophthalmology. - 2012. - V. 2, - P. 199 - 203.
4. Combined eye injury in extreme situations / A.V. Stepanov [et al.] // «Disaster Medicine». - 2011. - № 1. (73). - P. 25-27.
5. Prokhorov B.B. Human Ecology. Conceptual and terminological dictionary / B.B. Prokhorov. - Rostov-on-Don, 2005.
Review
For citations:
Zakharova E.K., Poschachina T.R., Nazarov A.N. Analysis of eye injury in the Republic Sakha (Yakutia). Yakut Medical Journal. 2017;(2):28-30.
Views:
35
Email this article 