Nationwide trends in emergency department utilisation for acute retinal ischaemia in the USA, 2011-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidelines recommend urgent evaluation for transient monocular vision loss (TMVL) and retinal artery occlusion (RAO), but emergency department (ED) utilisation for these conditions is unknown.

Methods

We performed a retrospective longitudinal cross-sectional analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (2011-2018), a database of all ED visits from a representative 20% sample of US hospital-based EDs. We identified patients aged 40 and older with a primary diagnosis of TMVL or RAO and calculated the weighted number of total visits and admission rate by year. We used joinpoint regression to analyse time trends and logistic regression to measure differences according to demographic characteristics and comorbidities.

Results

There were an estimated 24

SUBMITTER: Hamedani AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196936 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature