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. 2019 May 13;33(9):1362–1377. doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0456-5

Table 2.

Dua et al. classification of ocular surface chemical burns

Grade Prognosis Clinical findings Conjunctival involvement Analogue scale
I Very good 0 clock hours of limbal involvement 0% 0/0%
II Good ⩽ 3 clock hours of limbal involvement ⩽30% 0.1–3/1–29.9%
III Good > 3–6 clock hours of limbal involvement >30–50% 3.1–6/31–50%
IV Good to guarded > 6–9 clock hours of limbal involvement >50–75% 6.1–9/51–75%
V Guarded to poor > 9– < 12 clock hours of limbal involvement >75– < 100% 9.1–11.9/75.1–99.9%
VI Very poor Total limbus (12 clock hours) involved Total conjunctiva (100%) involved 12/100%