Changing Trends in Eye-Related Complaints Presenting to the Emergency Department in Beirut, Lebanon, over 15 Years
المؤلفون المشاركون
Zaghrini, Elie
Abiad, Bachir
Mehanna, Carl-Joe
Haddad, Randa S.
Ghazi, Nicola
Raad, Samih
Barikian, Anita
Ashkar, Adnan
Harmouche, Elie
Mufarrij, Afif
Salti, Haytham I.
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2018، العدد 2018 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2018)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2018-03-13
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Objective.
To report the 15-year trend in ophthalmic presentations to the emergency department (ED) at the only medical center in Lebanon that provides 24-hour ophthalmologic care.
Methods.
Retrospective review of 1967 patients presenting to the ED with eye-related complaints between September 1997 and August 1998 and between September 2012 and August 2013.
Diagnoses were classified into 4 categories according to the International Society of Ocular Trauma and include penetrating eye injuries, nonpenetrating eye trauma, nontraumatic ophthalmic emergencies, and nontraumatic, nonurgent ophthalmic conditions.
Results.
One thousand sixty eye-related presentations out of 39,158 total ED visits (2.71%) presented in 1997 compared to 907 out of 46,363 in 2012 (1.96%).
Penetrating and nonpenetrating eye emergencies decreased between 1997 and 2012 (7.17% to 4.19%, p=0.003 and 52.64% to 29.00%, p<0.001, resp.) while nonurgent cases increased from 30.19% to 53.47% (p<0.001).
57% of patients were covered by third-party guarantors in 1997 versus 73% in 2012.
Conclusion.
Our results demonstrate a significant increase in nonurgent cases in parallel with the proportion of third-party payers, an issue to be addressed by public health policies and proper resource allocation.
A detailed nationwide review is needed to make solid recommendations for the management of ophthalmologic presentations in the ED.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Salti, Haytham I.& Mehanna, Carl-Joe& Abiad, Bachir& Ghazi, Nicola& Raad, Samih& Barikian, Anita…[et al.]. 2018. Changing Trends in Eye-Related Complaints Presenting to the Emergency Department in Beirut, Lebanon, over 15 Years. Journal of Ophthalmology،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1196617
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Salti, Haytham I.…[et al.]. Changing Trends in Eye-Related Complaints Presenting to the Emergency Department in Beirut, Lebanon, over 15 Years. Journal of Ophthalmology No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1196617
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Salti, Haytham I.& Mehanna, Carl-Joe& Abiad, Bachir& Ghazi, Nicola& Raad, Samih& Barikian, Anita…[et al.]. Changing Trends in Eye-Related Complaints Presenting to the Emergency Department in Beirut, Lebanon, over 15 Years. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1196617
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1196617
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر