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 (COV...
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oai:doaj.org-article:c1ee95b70d2846ae93e8dbb3011aeb362021-11-28T12:42:26ZOcular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study10.1186/s12886-021-02169-x1471-2415https://doaj.org/article/c1ee95b70d2846ae93e8dbb3011aeb362021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-02169-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1471-2415Abstract 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, and 16.65% could not be determined. In 2020, the percentage of emergent visits increased up to 29.77%, non-emergent visits significantly decreased to 52.92% (p < 0.001), and 17.31% of the visits were classified as “could not determine”. During the pandemic, people aged between 45 and 65 years old represented the largest attending group (37.89%), compared to 2019, where patients over 65 years were the majority (39.80%). In 2019, most frequent diagnosis was unspecified acute conjunctivitis (11.59%), followed by vitreous degeneration (6.47%), and punctate keratitis (5.86%). During the COVID-19 period, vitreous degeneration was the first cause for consultation (9.28%), followed by unspecified acute conjunctivitis (5.63%) and punctate keratitis (5.85%). Conclusions OE visits dropped significantly during the pandemic in Spain (75.18%), although more than half were classified as non-urgent conditions, indicating a lack of understanding of the really emergent ocular pathologies among population.Martín PuzoJorge Sánchez-MonroyCarmen A. Porcar-PlanaFrancisco de Asís Bartol-PuyalMarina Dotti-BoadaPilar Peña-UrbinaJordi Izquierdo-SerraAna López-MonteroPilar Pérez-GarcíaDaniel Bordonaba-BosqueLuis E. PabloPilar CalvoBMCarticleCOVID-19Emergency departmentEpidemiologyOphthalmological emergenciesOphthalmologyRE1-994ENBMC Ophthalmology, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
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COVID-19 Emergency department Epidemiology Ophthalmological emergencies Ophthalmology RE1-994 Martín Puzo Jorge Sánchez-Monroy Carmen A. Porcar-Plana Francisco de Asís Bartol-Puyal Marina Dotti-Boada Pilar Peña-Urbina Jordi Izquierdo-Serra Ana López-Montero Pilar Pérez-García Daniel Bordonaba-Bosque Luis E. Pablo Pilar Calvo Ocular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study |
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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, and 16.65% could not be determined. In 2020, the percentage of emergent visits increased up to 29.77%, non-emergent visits significantly decreased to 52.92% (p < 0.001), and 17.31% of the visits were classified as “could not determine”. During the pandemic, people aged between 45 and 65 years old represented the largest attending group (37.89%), compared to 2019, where patients over 65 years were the majority (39.80%). In 2019, most frequent diagnosis was unspecified acute conjunctivitis (11.59%), followed by vitreous degeneration (6.47%), and punctate keratitis (5.86%). During the COVID-19 period, vitreous degeneration was the first cause for consultation (9.28%), followed by unspecified acute conjunctivitis (5.63%) and punctate keratitis (5.85%). Conclusions OE visits dropped significantly during the pandemic in Spain (75.18%), although more than half were classified as non-urgent conditions, indicating a lack of understanding of the really emergent ocular pathologies among population. |
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Martín Puzo Jorge Sánchez-Monroy Carmen A. Porcar-Plana Francisco de Asís Bartol-Puyal Marina Dotti-Boada Pilar Peña-Urbina Jordi Izquierdo-Serra Ana López-Montero Pilar Pérez-García Daniel Bordonaba-Bosque Luis E. Pablo Pilar Calvo |
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Martín Puzo Jorge Sánchez-Monroy Carmen A. Porcar-Plana Francisco de Asís Bartol-Puyal Marina Dotti-Boada Pilar Peña-Urbina Jordi Izquierdo-Serra Ana López-Montero Pilar Pérez-García Daniel Bordonaba-Bosque Luis E. Pablo Pilar Calvo |
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Ocular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study |
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Ocular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study |
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Ocular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study |
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Ocular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study |
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Ocular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study |
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ocular related emergencies in spain during the covid-19 pandemic, a multicenter study |
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