Prevalence and risk factors of exposure keratopathy among critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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"This is a systematic review to identify the incidence, prevalence and risk factors of exposure keratopathy among paediatric and adult critically ill patients. It was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analysis (PRISMA) 2020 statement (Page et al., ). A detailed protocol has been registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO), registration number CRD42022346964. Protocol Registration: The protocol was registered in PROSPERO (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/) (CRD42022346964)."