五波COVID-19对儿科眼科医学的影响
Sangeetha Santhakumaran1, Abed Baiad2, Dorsai Ranjbari2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
概括
儿童眼科在COVID-19浪潮期间的咨询减少了,但随着感染率下降,紧急病例增加了. 在整个大流行期间,医疗保健的准入和及时护理一直保持不变.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 全球范围内,COVID-19大流行严重扰乱了医疗保健系统.
- 儿科眼科服务在不同的流行病浪潮中经历了各种各样的影响.
研究的目的:
- 分析多次COVID-19浪潮对三级护理中心儿科眼科咨询的影响.
- 评估儿童眼科紧急情况的治疗量,紧急性和及时性的变化.
主要方法:
- 在蒙特利尔儿童医院的儿科眼科紧急情况的医疗记录的回顾性审查.
- 在五个不同的COVID-19时期和两个COVID前基线时期 (2018-2019) 收集的数据.
- 分析包括咨询量,紧急性,患者人口统计 (家庭收入),转诊原因和评估时间.
主要成果:
- 在所有COVID-19浪潮期间,与COVID前时期相比,眼科咨询总数显著下降 (p < 0.0001).
- 从第1波到第4波,眼科紧急诊所的平均每日数量有所增加 (p = 0.01).
- 眼部创伤是最常见的转诊原因 (38.0%). 眼科评估的时间在后一波之间有显著差异 (p = 0.003).
结论:
- 在COVID-19浪潮期间,儿科眼科的咨询量减少了.
- 随着COVID-19感染率的下降,急需的儿科眼科咨询增加了.
- 与疫情前水平相比,获得医疗保健和接受眼科护理的时间保持一致.
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