Qiong Tang, Dai Gong, Xiao-Min Ye, Jiao Zhang, Jun-Ru Xu, Yi-Can Yang, Li-Juan Yan, Li Zou, Xiang-Lan Wen
Study of height, sitting height, lower extremity length, and the prevalence of short stature among elementary school students in the Tianyuan District of Zhuzhou City
Medicine
photokeratoconjunctivitis pkc primarily caused welding however inappropriate use germicidal lamps widely used following covid19 outbreak also cause pkc goal study investigate incidence changes causes pkc coronavirus 2019 covid19 pandemic conducted singlecenter retrospective observational study health records patients visited emergency department tertiary care hospital january 1 2018december 31 2021 diagnosed pkc reviewed conducted analysis compare characteristics pkc covid19 began features pkc caused welding germicidal lamps 160 pkc cases clear etiology covid19 pandemic 147 cases covid19 pandemic significant differences age gender detected two groups incidence pkc induced use germicidal lamps covid19 pandemic significantly higher 102 incidence pandemic 31 ratio females males germicidal lamp subgroup significantly higher ratio welding subgroup limitations included incomplete information due retrospective nature study underestimation incidence possible recall bias era covid19 clinicians aware hazards germicidal lamps although covid19 pandemic seems show signs easing new infectious diseases require protective measures could still emerge future therefore injuries related germicidal lamps deserve public health attention