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000118157 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1186/s12886-021-02169-x
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000118157 037__ $$aART-2021-126511
000118157 041__ $$aeng
000118157 100__ $$aPuzo, M.
000118157 245__ $$aOcular related emergencies in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic, a multicenter study
000118157 260__ $$c2021
000118157 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000118157 5203_ $$aPurpose: 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. © 2021, The Author(s).
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000118157 593__ $$aOphthalmology$$c2021$$dQ2
000118157 591__ $$aOPHTHALMOLOGY$$b41 / 62 = 0.661$$c2021$$dQ3$$eT3
000118157 593__ $$aMedicine (miscellaneous)$$c2021$$dQ2
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000118157 700__ $$aSánchez-Monroy, J.
000118157 700__ $$aPorcar-Plana, C.A.
000118157 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4476-6003$$aBartol-Puyal, F. de Asís$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118157 700__ $$aDotti-Boada, M.
000118157 700__ $$aPeña-Urbina, P.
000118157 700__ $$aIzquierdo-Serra, J.
000118157 700__ $$aLópez-Montero, A.
000118157 700__ $$aPérez-García, P.
000118157 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9444-606X$$aBordonaba-Bosque, D.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118157 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2389-8282$$aPablo, L.E.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118157 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6202-2382$$aCalvo, P.
000118157 7102_ $$14014$$2623$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Economía Aplicada$$cÁrea Métodos Cuant.Econ.Empres
000118157 7102_ $$11013$$2646$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Cirugía$$cÁrea Oftalmología
000118157 773__ $$g21, 1 (2021), 408 [10 pp]$$pBMC OPHTHALMOLOGY$$tBMC OPHTHALMOLOGY$$x1471-2415
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