Estudio epidemiológico de las urgencias oftalmológicas en un hospital general

  1. H Sánchez Tocino
  2. A Galindo Ferreiro
  3. D Iglesias Cortiñas
  4. J Galindo Alonso
  5. M Fernández Muñoz
Aldizkaria:
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia

ISSN: 0365-6691

Argitalpen urtea: 2004

Alea: 79

Zenbakia: 9

Orrialdeak: 425-432

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.4321/S0365-66912004000900004 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openSarbide irekia editor

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Purpose: To provide epidemiological data about patients attending an ophthalmic emergencies center of a general hospital. Methods: A retrospective analysis of all patients attending the emergency department (ED) of Rio Hortega Hospital during a 9-month period was carried out. Pathology was identified by International Classification of Diseases ((ICD9-CM) codes. Results: A total of 2914 visits have been examined: 6% of patients were under 20 years of age, 35.4% between 21-50, 29% between 51-70, and 23.3% over 71 years. Thirteen per cent of visits were due to injuries, 50.7% of which occurred in patients 21 to 50 years old. Almost half of visits were due to inflammatory conditions of the cornea, conjunctiva and eyelids. Conclusions: ED plays a major role in the ophthalmology departments in a hospital. Certainly a considerable proportion of these patients had conditions which could have been dealt with in an ophthalmic outpatient clinic or by general practitioners. Ocular trauma is a common cause of visits to the ED.

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