COVID-19 Vaccination and The Eye.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To summarize the current evidence on COVID-19 vaccine-associated ocular adverse events.

Design

Narrative literature review.

Methods

The literature search was conducted in August 2021 using 4 electronic databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Population-based pharmacovigilance surveillance data were retrieved from all governmental agencies participating in the World Health Organization (WHO) Programme for International Drug Monitoring with publicly available online adverse event databases in English.

Results

A small number of case reports have documented uveitis flares and acute corneal graft rejection occurring within the first 3 weeks following immunization, while isolated cases of optic neuropathies, retina

SUBMITTER: Wang MTM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8875854 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature