Ocular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate ophthalmological emergencies (OE) during the COVID-19 pandemic comparing them with the same period of the previous year.

Methods

Retrospective observational study of all OE visits in four tertiary hospitals in Spain comparing data from March 16th to April 30th, 2020 (COVID-19 period) and the same period of 2019 (pre-COVID-19 period). Severity of the conditions was assessed following Channa et al. publication. Data on demographics, diagnosis and treatments were collected from Electronic Medical Records.

Results

During lockdown, OE significantly declined by 75.18%, from 7,730 registered in the pre-COVID-19 period to 1,928 attended during the COVID-19 period (p < 0.001). In 2019, 23.86% of visits were classified as emergent, 59.50% as non-emergent, an

SUBMITTER: Puzo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626758 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature