Comparison of ocular emergencies in the COVID-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic period in the tertiary hospital of Turkey

Selda ÇELİK DÜLGER; Mehmet ÇITIRIK; Esra BAHADİR CAMGOZ; Mehmet Yasin TEKE

doi:https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1099202

Makale detayları

Comparison of ocular emergencies in the COVID-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic period in the tertiary hospital of Turkey

Yazarlar:

Selda ÇELİK DÜLGER | Mehmet ÇITIRIK | Esra BAHADİR CAMGOZ | Mehmet Yasin TEKE

Yayıncı:

MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine 2022 Vol.5 Issue 3, pp.882-886

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2022

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000481482

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

2636-8579

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1099202

Özet:

 

Aim: To evaluate clinical characteristics and alterations in the of patients admitted to the ocular emergency department (ED) of a tertiary hospital during coronavirus disease period in 2019 (COVID-19) and pre-pandemic period. Also, we intended to share our strategy and experience to prevent disease transmission to health-care staff during patient submission.
Material and Method: In this study, 45901 patients who applied to ED between January and May in 2020 were reviewed retrospectively for ocular manifestations. The five months divided into two groups as the pre-pandemic period and the pandemic period. Clinical and demographic data were collected. The proportion of urgent and non-urgent cases in the pre-pandemic and pandemic period was compared.
Results: A total of 30,576 patients (66.6%) admitted to ED before COVID-19 and 15,325 patients admitted (33.4%) during COVID-19 era. Five hundred thirty-eight (1.8%) of cases admitted in the pre-pandemic period, and 395 (2.6%) of the cases admitted in the pandemic period were in the real urgent category. Conjunctivitis, blepharitis and hordeolum, dry eye diseases, corneal diseases were the most common conditions in both pre-pandemic and pandemic periods.
Conclusion: This study showed that admissions to ED for ocular conditions during the pandemic period decreased significantly, and the rate of real urgent cases increased. Yet even during the pandemic period, non-urgent patients continue to come to the ED.

Makale detayları

Comparison of ocular emergencies in the COVID-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic period in the tertiary hospital of Turkey

Yazarlar: Selda ÇELİK DÜLGER | Mehmet ÇITIRIK | Esra BAHADİR CAMGOZ | Mehmet Yasin TEKE

Yayıncı: MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık

Ana Başlıklar: Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi: Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine 2022 Vol.5 Issue 3, pp.882-886

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2022

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000481482

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 2636-8579

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1099202

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Selda ÇELİK DÜLGER | Mehmet ÇITIRIK | Esra BAHADİR CAMGOZ | Mehmet Yasin TEKE

Yayıncı:

MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine 2022 Vol.5 Issue 3, pp.882-886

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2022

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000481482

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

2636-8579

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1099202