Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on pediatric eye-related emergency department services

Literature describing the trends and utilization of pediatric eye-related emergency department (ED) visits is limited. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 311 pediatric patients visiting Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (BPEI) ED between March and May 2020 to quantify the effect of the coronavir...

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Autores principales: Shah, Khushali, Camhi, Stephanie S., Sridhar, Jayanth, Cavuoto, Kara M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33144199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaapos.2020.09.001
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Sumario:Literature describing the trends and utilization of pediatric eye-related emergency department (ED) visits is limited. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 311 pediatric patients visiting Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (BPEI) ED between March and May 2020 to quantify the effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on ophthalmology care utilization. In our study, pediatric ED visits declined by half at the onset of the pandemic in March. The number of visits reached the lowest point in early April and increased to 48% of the pre-COVID volume by the end of May. Despite changes in volume, patient demographics and clinical diagnoses were relatively consistent throughout the pandemic.

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