PROFILE OF PATIENTS IN HOOCH TRAGEDY AND ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING FINAL VISUAL OUTCOME-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

PROFILE OF PATIENTS IN HOOCH TRAGEDY AND ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING FINAL VISUAL OUTCOME

Published:2021-05-01 Issue: Volume: Page:71-73
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Author:

Bhatti Anubha¹,Kaur Prempal²,Bala Saroj³,Kaur Parminder⁴

Affiliation:

1. MS Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College , Amritsar.

2. MS Professor & Head, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College , Amritsar.

3. MS Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College , Amritsar.

4. Junior Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College , Amritsar

Abstract

Acute methanol poisoning is a global crisis. It can be very dangerous by causing severe visual dysfunction, metabolic disturbances, permanent neurological dysfunction and even death. In a recent hooch tragedy in suburban area in Punjab, 24 (47 eyes) male patients in age group of 25-65 years presented to us after spurious alcohol intake. The time of presentation after alcohol intake varied between 1-15 days as they were referred after medical treatment for systemic ailments at other centers. The amount of alcohol intake in all these patients ranged between 125ml-500ml. At presentation, 19 (40.4%) eyes were PL-VE while 16 (34%) were PL+VE or HMCF, 5 (10.6%) had vision between 6/60-FCCF and 7(14.9%) between 6/6 -6/36. 11(23.4%) eyes showed improvement in visual acuity at 6 weeks of treatment and 6 (12.7%) eyes deteriorated even after the treatment. The nal visual outcome was correlated with age, day of presentation, amount of alcohol and initial visual acuity. In this study, we describe prole of patients who presented with a history of spurious alcohol consumption and assessment of risk factors affecting their nal visual outcome.

Publisher

World Wide Journals

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