Epidemiology of ocular emergencies in Cluj ophthalmology clinic

This study focused on the epidemiology of ocular diseases in the Eye Emergency Room. A cross-section retrospective study was performed in the Ophthalmology Clinic in Cluj-Napoca and included 11786 patients who presented to the Eye Emergency Room throughout the whole year, from January to December. E...

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Published in:Romanian journal of ophthalmology 2016-07, Vol.60 (3), p.165-169
Main Authors: Samoilă, Ovidiu, Ostriceanu, Simfora, Samoilă, Lăcrămioara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Eye Diseases - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Ophthalmology - statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Romania - epidemiology
Sex Distribution
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Summary:This study focused on the epidemiology of ocular diseases in the Eye Emergency Room. A cross-section retrospective study was performed in the Ophthalmology Clinic in Cluj-Napoca and included 11786 patients who presented to the Eye Emergency Room throughout the whole year, from January to December. Every month, between 782 to 1189 patients with an average age of 39.54 years (±21.14) presented to the Eye Emergency Room. 250 were infants, under 1 year old. Six disease categories were followed: inflammation, trauma, vascular, tumor, glaucoma, and retinal-vitreal. Conjunctivitis and corneal foreign bodies accounted for almost half of the cases. Most of the conjunctival cultures revealed negative results. Consistent with the large number of patients included in this study, we considered the epidemiological data representative for our region. Male gender and youth represented the main risk factor for eye injury, while children remained the main group with conjunctivitis.
ISSN:2457-4325
2501-2533