A review of the type of injuries, treatment strategies, difficulties encountered and actions undertaken in response to the 2020 Port of Beirut blast was published in JAMA Ophthalmology, providing insights into the ocular consequences.
The authors, a team of eye physicians and ophthalmology residents at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), expressed the hope that documenting their experience may guide future ophthalmic disaster response plans.
Just after 6 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2020, one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in history created a supersonic blast wave that rippled