背景:烧伤患者的急性眼科并发症很少见。尽管它们很少,当它们发生时,他们可能会导致永久性视力障碍和终身残疾。强调需要保持警惕并迅速开始治疗,以取得良好结果。
方法:一名3岁女孩因上胸部烫伤在周边医院接受治疗10天后,被转诊到我们的烧伤病房,脸,和头皮。值得注意的是,她的眼睑免于最初的损伤。在我们照顾她的第三天,她开始对光表现出严重的敏感性,畏光,烦躁,过度哭泣,和频繁的眼睛瘙痒。经检查,双侧结膜红肿和炎症,观察到两个角膜的发白混浊,前房有脓液。及时咨询和治疗可改善症状。
结论:本病例报告描述了一例烧伤患者的双侧眼内炎的罕见病例,最初没有明显的眼睛损伤,并强调了警惕的重要性。迅速识别场景和治疗开始。该患者的危险因素包括严重烧伤导致的免疫系统受损,住院时间延长,IV抗生素使用和年轻的年龄。与眼内炎相关的其他更常见的危险因素,如直接眼外伤和中线使用,均不存在,因此这种情况并不常见。
结论:尽管它们很少,但严重的眼科并发症如眼内炎可发生在烧伤患者中,即使是最不期望的。提高警惕,及时评估,多学科团队方法和早期开始广谱抗生素治疗对于预防永久性视力丧失和终身残疾至关重要.
BACKGROUND: Acute ophthalmic complications in burn injury patients are rare. Despite their rarity however, when they do occur, they may result in permanent visual impairment and lifelong disability. Emphasizing the need for vigilance and prompt treatment initiation for a good outcome.
METHODS: A 3-year-old girl was referred to our burn unit after receiving 10 days of treatment at a peripheral hospital for scalding burn to her upper chest, face, and scalp. Remarkably, her eyelids were spared from the initial injury. Upon her third day under our care, she began displaying severe sensitivity to light, photophobia, irritability, excessive crying, and frequent itching of the eyes. Upon examination, bilateral conjunctival redness and inflammation, as well as whitish opacity of both corneas with pus in the anterior chambers were observed. Prompt consultation and treatment led to improvement of the symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS: This case report describes a rare case of bilateral endopthalmitis in a burn injury patient with no initial apparent injury to the eyes and emphasizes the importance of vigilance, prompt recognition of the scenario and treatment initiation. Risk factors identified in this patient included compromised immune system due to severe burn, prolonged hospitalization, IV antibiotic use and young age. Other more common risk factors associated with endopthalmitis like direct ocular injury and central line use were absent making the case unusual.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite their rarity severe ophthalmic complications like endopthalmitis can occur in burn injury patients even when least expected. Heightened vigilance, prompt evaluation, multidisciplinary team approach and early initiation of broad spectrum antibiotic treatment is crucial to prevent permanent visual loss and lifelong disability.