TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Non-Traumatic Eye Emergencies A1 - Mishra, Seema S. A1 - Konzen, Katherine M. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. PY - 2014 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e AB - Normal visual acuity is 20/40 in a 3-year-old, 20/30 in a 4-year-old, and 20/20 in a 5- to 6-year-old child.Steroids should not be used for patients with iritis or keratitis until herpes simplex is excluded.Glaucoma should be suspected in patients who have eye pain and nausea and vomiting.Neonates with suspected gonococcal conjunctivitis should undergo a complete sepsis work-up, including a lumbar puncture. These patients should be admitted for intravenous antibiotics.Chemical alkali burns to the eye can result in liquefactive necrosis and should be irrigated until the eye pH is between 6 and 8. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/10 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105685696 ER -