Changing trends in ophthalmological emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19-the infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2-a pandemic. Since then, the majority of countries-including Spain-have imposed strict restrictions in order to stop the spread of the virus and the collapse of the health systems. People's health care-seeking behavior has exhibited a change, not only in those months when the COVID-19 control measures were strictest, but also in the months that followed. We aimed to examine how the trends in ophthalmological emergencies changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the largest tertiary referral hospitals in Spain. To this end, data from all the patients that attended the ophthalmological emergency department during the pandemic period-March 2020 to February 2021-were retrospective

SUBMITTER: Escribano Villafruela J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9140243 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature