COVID-19: Ocular Manifestations and the APAO Prevention Guidelines for Ophthalmic Practices

The World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 a “Pandemic” on March 11, 2020. As of June 1, 2020, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 has infected >6.2 million people and caused >372,000 deat...

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Autores principales: Wong, Raymond L.M., Ting, Daniel S.W., Wan, Kelvin H., Lai, Kenny H.W., Ko, Chung-Nga, Ruamviboonsuk, Paisan, Huang, Suber S., Lam, Dennis S.C., Tham, Clement C.Y.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7480794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32739937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/APO.0000000000000308
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author Wong, Raymond L.M.
Ting, Daniel S.W.
Wan, Kelvin H.
Lai, Kenny H.W.
Ko, Chung-Nga
Ruamviboonsuk, Paisan
Huang, Suber S.
Lam, Dennis S.C.
Tham, Clement C.Y.
author_facet Wong, Raymond L.M.
Ting, Daniel S.W.
Wan, Kelvin H.
Lai, Kenny H.W.
Ko, Chung-Nga
Ruamviboonsuk, Paisan
Huang, Suber S.
Lam, Dennis S.C.
Tham, Clement C.Y.
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description The World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 a “Pandemic” on March 11, 2020. As of June 1, 2020, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 has infected >6.2 million people and caused >372,000 deaths, including many health care personnel. It is highly infectious and ophthalmologists are at a higher risk of the infection due to a number of reasons including the proximity between doctors and patients during ocular examinations, microaerosols generated by the noncontact tonometer, tears as a potential source of infection, and some COVID-19 cases present with conjunctivitis. This article describes the ocular manifestations of COVID-19 and the APAO guidelines in mitigating the risks of contracting and/or spreading COVID-19 in ophthalmic practices.
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spelling pubmed-74807942020-09-11 COVID-19: Ocular Manifestations and the APAO Prevention Guidelines for Ophthalmic Practices Wong, Raymond L.M. Ting, Daniel S.W. Wan, Kelvin H. Lai, Kenny H.W. Ko, Chung-Nga Ruamviboonsuk, Paisan Huang, Suber S. Lam, Dennis S.C. Tham, Clement C.Y. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila) Perspectives The World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 a “Pandemic” on March 11, 2020. As of June 1, 2020, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 has infected >6.2 million people and caused >372,000 deaths, including many health care personnel. It is highly infectious and ophthalmologists are at a higher risk of the infection due to a number of reasons including the proximity between doctors and patients during ocular examinations, microaerosols generated by the noncontact tonometer, tears as a potential source of infection, and some COVID-19 cases present with conjunctivitis. This article describes the ocular manifestations of COVID-19 and the APAO guidelines in mitigating the risks of contracting and/or spreading COVID-19 in ophthalmic practices. Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2020-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7480794/ /pubmed/32739937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/APO.0000000000000308 Text en Copyright © 2020 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections.
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Ting, Daniel S.W.
Wan, Kelvin H.
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Ruamviboonsuk, Paisan
Huang, Suber S.
Lam, Dennis S.C.
Tham, Clement C.Y.
COVID-19: Ocular Manifestations and the APAO Prevention Guidelines for Ophthalmic Practices
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