TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Non-Traumatic Eye Emergencies A1 - Joshi, Weena A1 - Konzen, Katherine M. A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert PY - 2019 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e 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 workup, 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 - 2024/11/03 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155429449 ER -