Ophthalmologic emergency room visits during COVID-19 lockdown-Characterization from Haifa, Israel.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To characterize quantitative differences among ophthalmologic emergency room (OER) encounters at Rambam Health Care Campus during a 6-week complete lockdown at the peak of the first COVID-19 wave as compared to a corresponding uneventful period a year earlier.

Methods

A retrospective chart analysis of all OER encounters during the lockdown and non-lockdown period was conducted. Patients were stratified into primary ophthalmological conditions (OER visits) and cases in which ophthalmologic consultations were requested by a non-ophthalmologist (OER consultations). The following parameters were compared: total number of cases, age, gender, chief complaint/diagnosis categorized into major entities, and discharge vs. hospitalization. For continuous variables a t-test was

SUBMITTER: Naaman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9390934 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature