Admission Criteria include:
- medically uncontrolled IOP (< 30 mm Hg for non-sickle patients, < 24 mm Hg for sickle patients) requiring surgical intervention
- children < 7 y/o in which irreversible amblyopia can develop secondary to visual deprivation
- associated ocular or orbital injuries ie ruptured globe
Source
5-minute Emergency Medicine Consult.