COVID-19 pandemic and ophthalmological emergencies: a case-control analysis of the impact of lockdowns in a University Hospital in Lombardy region, Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the incidence of ocular pathologies seen at the ophthalmological emergency department (OED) during the national lockdown in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and compare it to the corresponding period in 2019.

Methods

Electronic records of patients who presented at the OED of our University Hospital in Varese, Italy during the COVID-19 lockdown were compared with that from the corresponding period in 2019. Records from the spring (2020A) and winter (2020B) lockdowns were compared with each other and with the same periods in 2019 (2019A and 2019B). Statistical analyses were performed by unpaired Student's t-tests, Poisson's regression and Chi-square test.

Results

The number of consultations at the OED significantly decreased during the COVID-

SUBMITTER: Donati S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10453995 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature