Open AccessReduction in Ophthalmic Presentations to Australian Emergency Departments During the COVID-19 Period: Are We Seeing the Full Picture?
Author(s) -
Andrew W. Kam,
Nathan Gunasekaran,
Sarah Chaudhry,
Matthew Vukasovic,
Andrew White,
Adrian T. Fung
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s289467
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , triage , ophthalmology , pediatrics , emergency medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
To examine changing patterns of ophthalmic presentations to emergency departments (EDs) during the lockdowns associated with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and the two months immediately following lockdown relaxation.