Ocular injuries from carbonated soft drink bottle explosions.

Ocular injuries from carbonated soft drink bottle explosions.

Sixteen cases of ocular injuries serious enough to require admission to Ibn-Sina Hospital, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf, due to explosion of glass bottles of carbonated soft drinks are reported over a period of 14 months from the beginning of July 1981 to the end of August 1982. Prevalence was much greater in the summer months and among children. Explosions of bottles without prior agitation occurred i...

Product Differentiation and Mergers in the Carbonated Soft Drink Industry

I simulate the competitive impact of several soft drink mergers from the 1980s on equilibrium prices and quantities. An unusual feature of soft drink demand is that, at the individual purchase level, households regularly select a variety of soft drink products. Specifically, on a given trip households may select multiple soft drink products and multiple units of each. A concern is that using a ...

Ocular consequences of bottle rocket injuries in children and adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To describe the spectrum of ocular injuries and associated visual morbidity in the pediatric and adolescent population caused by bottle rockets. METHODS Retrospective review of consecutive medical records of patients 18 years or younger seen during a recent 4-year period. Outcome measures were ocular injuries at time of visit, interventions required, visual acuity at most recent fol...

Eye injuries from car battery explosions.

CASE I An 18-year-old engineer was measuring the charge of a car battery which had been on overnight trickle charge, when there was a spark and the battery exploded, injuring his left eye. On examination the corrected visual acuity was found to be 6/4 R and 6/24 L. There was an extensive acid burn of the left conjunctiva and cornea and a secondary uveitis. Intraocular pressure was 37 mm/Hg. The...

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