Reduction in Ophthalmic Presentations to Australian Emergency Departments During the COVID-19 Period: Are We Seeing the Full Picture?
Andrew W KamNathan GunasekaranSarah G ChaudhryMatthew VukasovicAndrew J R WhiteAdrian T FungPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)
Total ophthalmic presentations and presentations of atraumatic retinal detachment, conjunctivitis and, eye pain to EDs fell during the lockdowns associated with the first wave of COVID-19 in Australia. These may represent delays in patients seeking appropriate medical attention and may have implications on patient morbidity long after the COVID-19 pandemic.