دورية أكاديمية
COVID-19 pandemic and ophthalmological emergencies: a case-control analysis of the impact of lockdowns in a University Hospital in Lombardy region, Italy
| العنوان: | COVID-19 pandemic and ophthalmological emergencies: a case-control analysis of the impact of lockdowns in a University Hospital in Lombardy region, Italy |
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| المؤلفون: | Simone Donati, Edoardo Appolloni, Sebastiano Ceriani, Elias Premi, Laura Premoli, Cristian Metrangolo, Arianna Ravasio, Claudio Azzolini, Paolo Radice |
| المصدر: | Annals of Medicine, Vol 55, Iss 2 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | COVID-19 lockdown, ophthalmology emergencies, ocular trauma, Medicine |
| الوصف: | AbstractPurpose To evaluate the incidence of ocular pathologies seen at the ophthalmological emergency department (OED) during the national lockdown in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and compare it to the corresponding period in 2019.Methods Electronic records of patients who presented at the OED of our University Hospital in Varese, Italy during the COVID-19 lockdown were compared with that from the corresponding period in 2019. Records from the spring (2020A) and winter (2020B) lockdowns were compared with each other and with the same periods in 2019 (2019A and 2019B). Statistical analyses were performed by unpaired Student’s t-tests, Poisson’s regression and Chi-square test.Results The number of consultations at the OED significantly decreased during the COVID-19 lockdown (p value 61 years, –68.5%) age groups. The proportion of men who consulted increased significantly from 61.76% in 2019A to 67.63% in 2020A, and from 54.56% in 2019B to 62.79% in 2020B. A significant reduction in deferrable consultations was also reported (from 943 in 2019 to 335 in 2020; p value |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 07853890 1365-2060 0785-3890 |
| العلاقة: | https://doaj.org/toc/0785-3890Test; https://doaj.org/toc/1365-2060Test |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07853890.2023.2248882 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/30851cc6a92f4003969165e1b128de4bTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.30851cc6a92f4003969165e1b128de4b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 07853890 13652060 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/07853890.2023.2248882 |