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3. Með 'því aö hindra hœttuleiki barna, t.d.
með fræðslu uppalenda, mætti koma í veg
fyrir fjölmörg slys, oft mjög alvarleg.
Rúmlega 120 slysanna urðu einmitt vegna
hættuleikja barna, þar af 22 holundir á
auga.
SUMMARY
Eye injuries in Iceland.
An account and analysis is given of 508 eye
injuries needing a stay in hospital during 1971—
1979. All of these were seen at St.Joseph’s
Hospital, Reykjavík. This represents over 94%
of all such cases seen in Iceland during this 9
year period. Sixty nine percent of the in-
juries occured in children 10 years or younger.
Eight percent were 50 years or older. Related
to occupation were 36.3% of the injuries. Just
4% were caused by road traffic accidents. Of
the injuries 24.4% were ocular perforations. 157
patients needed to stay in hospital for more
than 10 days. Every third patient suffered some
loss of vision and 16% have a vision of less
than 6/60 Snellen. The author estimates that
about 60% of these injuries could have been
prevented and some suggestions are made ae-
cordingly.
Bjarni Jónsson og dr. Kristján Eldjárn forseti, 16. október 1977
er minnst var 75 ára afmælis spítalans.