COVID-19’s Influence on Ocular Emergency Visits at a Tertiary Referral Center and Its Relationship to Emergency Indications by the American Academy of Ophthalmology
| Autor: | Sharon Armarnik, Michael Kinori, Amir Abd Elkader, Sharon Blum Meirovitch, Noa Kapelushnik, Shiran Madgar, Hila Goldberg, Oded Sagiv, Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe, Ayelet Priel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 2021 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-004X 2090-0058 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2021/6682646 |
| Popis: | Purpose. To examine the trends of ocular emergency admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary care center. Methods. The study’s sample consisted of all patients who were seen in the ophthalmic emergency room (OER) between March 15 and April 15, 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic) and in the same time frame of the previous year. The cases were categorized as urgent vs. nonurgent according to the AAO urgency guidelines during the coronavirus period, and the ability to treat the case with telemedicine was evaluated retrospectively. Results. A total of 553 patients were admitted to the OER during the pandemic period, whereas in the same time frame of the previous year, 1,069 were admitted. The female/male proportion was 526/543 (49.2%/50.8%) in 2019 and 258/259 (46.7%/53.3%) the following year. Age (years, average ± SD) was 44.7 ± 24.5 in 2019 and 47.9 ± 23.4 in 2020. There were more self-referrals in 2020 compared to 2019 (41.1% vs. 32.6%; p=0.0004). The time spent in the OER was reduced from 109 ± 74 (minutes, average ± SDV) in 2019 to 73 ± 51 in 2020 (p |
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