Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Infectious Keratitis Outcomes: A Retrospective Multicenter Study in Tertiary Eye Hospitals of South India.
Josephine S ChristyPriya MathewsAnita RhagavanAnitha VenugopalDivya ManoharAnuja JanakiramanPreethika GandhiSrujana NalloboluEsen K AkpekPublished in: Cornea (2021)
Delay in presentation and acute shortage of donor corneal tissues for emergency keratoplasty because of the COVID-19 pandemic had a grave impact, resulting in irreversible blindness in a significant number of patients.
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- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- public health
- chronic kidney disease
- gene expression
- liver failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- case report
- type diabetes
- respiratory failure
- optical coherence tomography
- metabolic syndrome
- hepatitis b virus
- glycemic control