From: Ophthalmic emergency-room visits during the Covid-19 pandemic – a comparative study
Variable | March–April 2019 | March–April 2020 | P Value |
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LogMar VA mean (SD) | |||
CC eye | 0.34 (0.5) | 0.42 (0.6) | p = 0.025 |
Fellow eye | 0.26 (0.4) | 0.23 (0.4) | p = 0.23 |
IOP, mmHg mean (SD) | |||
OD | 13.94 (4.6) | 14.8 (5.7) | p = 0.065 |
OS | 14.14 (4) | 13.96 (5.9) | p = 0.683 |
Eye segment involved n (%) | |||
Anterior chamber | 572 (68.6%) | 319 (66.9%) | p = 0.524 |
Posterior segment | 159 (19%) | 91 (19%) | p = 0.995 |
Both | 10 (1.2%) | 23 (4.8%) | p < 0.001 |
Nonea | 93 (11.1%) | 43 (9%) | p = 0.372 |
Main clinical finding n (%) | |||
Normal examination | 85 (10.2%) | 45 (9.4%) | p = 0.659 |
Foreign body | 108 (12.9%) | 74 (15.5%) | p = 0.196 |
Conjunctivitis | 72 (8.6%) | 24 (5%) | p = 0.016 |
Retinal Vascular eventb | 11 (1.3%) | 9 (1.9%) | p = 0.484 |
Retinal tear | 24 (2.9%) | 13 (2.7%) | p = 0.873 |
Retinal Detachment | 10 (1.1%) | 8 (1.7%) | p = 0.474 |
Perforation | 3 (0.3%) | 0 | |
Neuro ophthalmology | 19 (2.3%)c | 16 (3.3%)d | p = 0.245 |
Anterior segment inflammation | 23 (2.7%) | 14 (2.9%)_ | p = 0.852 |
Posterior segment inflammation | 1 (0.1%) | 0 | |
Glaucoma (open and closed angle) | 12 (1.4%) | 19 (4%) | p = 0.004 |
Dry eye | 37 (4.4%) | 17 (3.6%) | p = 0.444 |
Corneal laceration | 85 (10.2%) | 54 (11.3%) | p = 0.523 |
Conjunctival laceration | 13 (1.5%) | 8 (1.7%) | p = 0.87 |
SPK | 66 (7.9%) | 30 (6.3%) | p = 0.277 |
Chalazion | 14 (1.7%) | 9 (1.9%) | p = 0.828 |
PVD | 62 (7.4%) | 21 (4.4%) | p = 0.03 |
Lid swelling | 43 (5.1%) | 22 (4.6%) | p = 0.663 |
SCH | 31 (3.7%) | 14 (2.9%) | p = 0.53 |
Corneal abscess | 36 (4.3%) | 40 (8.4%) | p = 0.002 |
Blepharitis | 21 (2.5%) | 6 (1.2%) | p = 0.157 |
Retinopathye | 10 (1.2%) | 10 (2.1%) | p = 0.242 |
VH | 14 (1.7%) | 13 (2.7%) | p = 0.227 |
Otherf | 59 (7.1%) | 58 (12.1%) | p = 0.002 |
Number of diagnoses mean (SD) | 0.93 (0.35) | 1.0 (0.5) | p = 0.001 |
One diagnosis n (%) | 724 (86.8%) | 388 (81.3%) | p = 0.008 |
Two diagnoses and more n (%) | 25 (3%) | 43 (9%) | p < 0.001 |