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Intravitreal Injections and Face Masks: Endophthalmitis Risk Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
PURPOSE: To assess the added risk of acute endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections associated with the widespread use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: In this retrospective, single-center study, records of patients with acute endophthalmitis following intravitreal bevacizum...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10432929/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37600920 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v18i3.13776 |
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author | Karimi, Saeed Nikkhah, Homayoun Mohammadzadeh, Amir Ramezani, Alireza Ansari, Iman Nouri, Hosein Abtahi, Seyed-Hossein |
author_facet | Karimi, Saeed Nikkhah, Homayoun Mohammadzadeh, Amir Ramezani, Alireza Ansari, Iman Nouri, Hosein Abtahi, Seyed-Hossein |
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description | PURPOSE: To assess the added risk of acute endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections associated with the widespread use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: In this retrospective, single-center study, records of patients with acute endophthalmitis following intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injections during the pre-COVID era—that is, March 1 [Formula: see text] , 2013 to October 31 [Formula: see text] , 2019 —and the COVID-19 era—that is, March 1 [Formula: see text] , 2020 to April 1 [Formula: see text] , 2021 —were reviewed and compared. RESULTS: A total of 28,085 IVB injections were performed during the pre-COVID era; nine eyes of nine patients developed acute post-IVB endophthalmitis in this era, giving an overall incidence of 0.032% (3.2 in 10,000 injections). In the COVID era, 10,717 IVB injections were performed; four eyes of four patients developed acute post-IVB endophthalmitis in this era, giving an overall incidence of 0.037% (3.7 in 10,000 injections). The incidences of post-IVB endophthalmitis during these two eras were not statistically significantly different (P = 0.779). CONCLUSION: Face masking protocols seem unlikely to impose any additional risk of post-IVB endophthalmitis. |
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spelling | pubmed-104329292023-08-18 Intravitreal Injections and Face Masks: Endophthalmitis Risk Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Karimi, Saeed Nikkhah, Homayoun Mohammadzadeh, Amir Ramezani, Alireza Ansari, Iman Nouri, Hosein Abtahi, Seyed-Hossein J Ophthalmic Vis Res Original Article PURPOSE: To assess the added risk of acute endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections associated with the widespread use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: In this retrospective, single-center study, records of patients with acute endophthalmitis following intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injections during the pre-COVID era—that is, March 1 [Formula: see text] , 2013 to October 31 [Formula: see text] , 2019 —and the COVID-19 era—that is, March 1 [Formula: see text] , 2020 to April 1 [Formula: see text] , 2021 —were reviewed and compared. RESULTS: A total of 28,085 IVB injections were performed during the pre-COVID era; nine eyes of nine patients developed acute post-IVB endophthalmitis in this era, giving an overall incidence of 0.032% (3.2 in 10,000 injections). In the COVID era, 10,717 IVB injections were performed; four eyes of four patients developed acute post-IVB endophthalmitis in this era, giving an overall incidence of 0.037% (3.7 in 10,000 injections). The incidences of post-IVB endophthalmitis during these two eras were not statistically significantly different (P = 0.779). CONCLUSION: Face masking protocols seem unlikely to impose any additional risk of post-IVB endophthalmitis. PUBLISHED BY KNOWLEDGE E 2023-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10432929/ /pubmed/37600920 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v18i3.13776 Text en Copyright © 2023 Karimi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Karimi, Saeed Nikkhah, Homayoun Mohammadzadeh, Amir Ramezani, Alireza Ansari, Iman Nouri, Hosein Abtahi, Seyed-Hossein Intravitreal Injections and Face Masks: Endophthalmitis Risk Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Intravitreal Injections and Face Masks: Endophthalmitis Risk Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Intravitreal Injections and Face Masks: Endophthalmitis Risk Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Intravitreal Injections and Face Masks: Endophthalmitis Risk Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Intravitreal Injections and Face Masks: Endophthalmitis Risk Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Intravitreal Injections and Face Masks: Endophthalmitis Risk Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | intravitreal injections and face masks: endophthalmitis risk before and during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10432929/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37600920 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v18i3.13776 |
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