Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on glaucoma appointment scheduling in a tertiary hospital in London, UK.
Barbara Burgos-BlascoBeatriz Vidal VillegasTimothy E YapEduardo M NormandoSally AmeenLaura CrawleyFaisal AhmedPhilip A BloomM Francesca CordeiroPublished in: European journal of ophthalmology (2023)
We document that delayed care impacts negatively on the glaucomatous disease of our patients because at the post-COVID visit there were reasons for clinical concern in a third of eyes that resulted in change of treatment or surgery. However, these clinical consequences were not related to IOP, glaucoma severity or delay time and reflect that the triage methods implemented worked adequately. The most sensitive parameter to indicate progression in our sample was the pRNFL thickness.
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