Table 4 Case Management
From: Ophthalmic emergency-room visits during the Covid-19 pandemic – a comparative study
Variable | March–April 2019 | March–April 2020 | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Treatment n (%) | |||
No treatment | 244 (29.2%) | 104 (23.2%) | p = 0.003 |
Topical antibiotics | 331 (39.7%) | 227 (47.6%) | p = 0.005 |
Topical steroids | 88 (10.5%) | 97 (20.3%) | p < 0.001 |
Lubrication | 187 (22.2%) | 143 (30%) | p = 0.003 |
Systemic antibiotics | 47 (5.6%) | 22 (4.6%) | p = 0.425 |
Systemic steroids | 4 (0.47%) | 10 (2.1%) | p = 0.01 |
Intravitreal injections | 19 (2.3%) | 12 (2.5%) | p = 0.851 |
Glaucoma treatment (Topical and systemic) | 14 (1.7%) | 28 (5.9%) | p < 0.001 |
Othera | 12 (1.4%) | 41 (8.6%) | p < 0.001 |
Number of treatments mean (SD) | 0.84 (0.67) | 1.22 (0.95) | p < 0.001 |
One treatment n (%) | 493 (59.1%) | 221 (46.3%) | p < 0.001 |
Two or more treatments n (%) | 97 (11.6%) | 151 (31.6%) | p < 0.001 |
Auxiliary tests n (%) | |||
No Auxiliary tests | 751 (90%) | 388 (81.3%) | p < 0.001 |
OCT | 64 (7.7%) | 62 (12.3%) | p = 0.002 |
Visual fields | 20 (2.4%) | 16 (3.3%) | p = 0.38 |
FA | 6 (0.7%) | 13 (2.7%) | p = 0.006 |
US | 8 (0.9%) | 14 (2.9%) | p = 0.012 |
Number of Auxiliary tests mean (SD) | 1.02 (0.16) | 1.06 (0.3) | p < 0.001 |
Office procedures n (%) | |||
No office procedures | 673 (80.7%) | 368 (77.1%) | p = 0.127 |
Foreign body removal cornea | 63 (7.5%) | 58 (12.2%) | p = 0.008 |
Foreign body removal conjunctiva | 47 (5.6%) | 17 (3.6%) | p = 0.094 |
Laser Barrage | 22 (2.6%) | 15 (3.1%) | p = 0.594 |
Eye irrigation | 19 (2.3%) | 6 (1.2%) | p = 0.311 |
Hospitalizations n (%) | 28 (3.3%)b | 9 (1.9%)c | p = 0.165 |
Follow up location n (%) | |||
Hospital | 254 (30.4%) | 222 (46.5%) | p < 0.001 |
Outside clinic | 403 (48.3%) | 169 (35.4%) | p < 0.001 |
None | 177 (21.2%) | 85 (17.8%) | p = 0.154 |
Number of emergent surgeries | 15 (1.8%) | 17 (3.7%) | p = 0.046 |
Time from diagnosis to surgery, days mean (SD) | 2.86 (1.91) | 2.23 (1.95) | p = 0.364 |
Number of in hospital consults | 16 (1.9%) | 14 (2.9%) | p = 0.236 |