Ibrar Hussain, Naimatullah Khan Kundi.
Visual outcome in infective Endophthalmitis.
J Med Sci Jan ;13(2):151-3.

Background: We conducted this study to find out frequency and outcome of infective endophthalmitis in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Research Methodology: It is a descriptive observational study, conducted at Department of Ophthalmology, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar Pakistan, over a period of two years (From January 2001 to December 2002). All patients with infective endophthalmitis admitted in our unit during the study period were included in study. Their files were retrieved and related information regarding age & sex distribution and anatomic & visual outcome was filled in a prepared Performa and final results compiled. Results: During two years of study 114 (4.5%) admissions of the total were due to infective endophthalmitis. 70% of these patients were males and 30% were females. About 25% of these patients were in pediatric age group i.e., < 15 years, 38% were above 60 years and rest between 16 and 60 years. Regarding final outcome 61 (53.5%) eyes improved with some vision ranging from perception of light to 6/60. Twenty-one (18.4%) eyes had no perception of light with intact eye ball, 21 (18.4%) underwent evisceration and 11 (9.6%) became phthisic. Conclusion: It can be concluded that infective endophthalmitis is relatively more frequent and its outcome is poorer in our setup.

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