TY - JOUR T1 - Anaesthetic eye drops for children in casualty departments across south east England JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 608 LP - 608 DO - 10.1136/emj.2003.010645 VL - 22 IS - 8 AU - M R Vishwanath Y1 - 2005/08/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/608.1.abstract N2 - It is a common practice to use topical anaesthetic drops to provide temporary relief and aid in the examination of the eyes when strong blepharospasm precludes thorough examination. Ophthalmology departments usually have several types of these—for example, amethocaine, oxybuprocaine (benoxinate), and proxymetacaine. The duration and degree of discomfort caused by amethocaine is significantly higher than proxymetacaine,1, … ER -