Autor: |
Viola, Francesco, Milella, Paolo, Giuffrida, Francesco Pozzo, Ganci, Simone, Invernizzi, Alessandro |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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Popis: |
Purpose: To describe our managing strategy for COVID-19 emergency, to evaluate the adherence to intravitreal treatment (AtT) rate during the outbreak in a referral hospital in Milan and to correlate it with patients clinical features. Methods: AtT rate of patients with scheduled intravitreal injections (IVT) during the COVID-19 outbreak from 23/02/20 to 31/03/20 was compared to the previous trimester and with March 2019. The impact of age, sex, visual function and diagnosis on the AtT rate during unlocked/locked weeks (from March 8th) was evaluated. Results: Of 650 consecutive patients with scheduled IVT, AtT rate during the COVID-19 outbreak was 0.37. This was significantly lower compared to AtT registered in the previous trimester (0.92) and in the same weeks in 2019 (0.90) (both p |
Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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