Análise das causas de atendimento e prevalência das doenças oculares no serviço de urgência

Rocha, Maria Nice Araujo Moraes; Ávila, Marcos; Isaac, David Leonardo Cruvinel; Oliveira, Laís Leão de; Mendonça, Luísa Salles de Moura

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“…The most prevalent age group was between 19 and 60 years (63.6%), and fits in economically active age, which resembles the results found in the literature (5)(6)(7)13). These findings corroborate the fact that the economically active population is the most vulnerable one to eye diseases in urgency care.…”

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Epidemiological profile of patients with red eye complain treated at Fundação Hilton Rocha, MG, Brazil

Cunha¹,

Borges²,

Rolim³

2015

Revista Brasileira De Oftalmologia

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The authors declare no conflict of interests. RESUMOObjetivo: Determinar os fatores epidemiológicos e analisar as principais causas etiológicas dos pacientes atendidos com queixa de olho vermelho no setor de urgência e emergência de um hospital oftalmológico de ensino do estado de Minas Gerais. Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo de prevalência observacional, analítico com amostra não probabilística formado pelos pacientes que compareceram no setor de urgência da Fundação Hilton Rocha nos meses de janeiro a abril de 2014 (n=1140). Foram analisadas as seguintes variáveis: gênero, idade, raça, profissão, escolaridade, renda, meio de transporte, tempo decorrido entre o sintoma inicial e o primeiro atendimento, dia da semana, presença de baixa da acuidade visual e diagnóstico. Resultados: A amostra apresentou 390 pacientes com queixa de olho vermelho, 57,4% (n=224) eram do sexo feminino, a idade variou entre 3 e 97 anos, sendo a média de 43,7 anos. A maioria dos pacientes (87,6%, n=341) procurou o serviço em até 14 dias do início dos sintomas e apenas 75 indivíduos (19,4%) apresentavam baixa acuidade visual. As classes econômicas inferiores (classes D e E) são predominantes entre os atendidos. A principal causa da queixa de olho vermelho foi conjuntivite e blefaroconjuntivite infecciosas (32,6%, n=127). Conclusão: A conjuntivite infecciosa foi a morbidade de maior incidência. A Fundação Hilton Rocha desempenha um papel importante no atendimento à urgência oftalmológica da rede pública de Minas Gerais, sendo importante identificar as principais causas de atendimento e ampliar os estudos epidemiológicos e sociais, a fim de melhorar o acesso da população às urgências oftalmológicas e nos dar subsídios para campanhas de orientação, voltadas principalmente para as classes sociais menos favorecidas.Descritores: Conjuntivite/diagnóstico; Conjuntivite/epidemiologia; Conjuntivite/etiologia; Oftalmopatias/epidemiologia; Serviço hospitalar de emergência ABSTRACT Objective: Determining the epidemiological factors and analyzing the main etiological causes of the patients treated with red-eye complaint at the urgency and emergency sector of the ophthalmological hospital in the state of Minas Gerais. Methods: A prevalence observational analytical study was performed with a non-probabilistic sample formed by patients who visited the emergency room of the FundaçãoHilton Rocha Hospital from january to april 2014 (n=1140). The following variables investigated were: gender, age, race, profession, education, income, means of transportation, time elapsed between the first symptom and the first visit, day of the week, low visual acuity symptom, diagnosis and treatment. Results: Out of the sample of 390 patients with red eye complaint, 57.4 % (n= 224) were female and the age ranged from 3 to 97, with an average of 43.7 years of age. The majority of patients, 87.6% (n= 341) sought the service up to 14 days after the onset of symptoms, only 75 individuals (19.4 %) had low visual acuity. The lower economic classes (classes D and E) are prevalent...

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“…This manifestation covers a wide group of diseases, and its differential diagnosis is essential. Conjunctivitis is the most common cause of red eye (4)(5)(6)(7).…”

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Epidemiological profile of patients with red eye complain treated at Fundação Hilton Rocha, MG, Brazil

Cunha¹,

Borges²,

Rolim³

2015

Revista Brasileira De Oftalmologia

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“…A range of ocular injuries following orbital trauma is well described in the literature (3) . Posttraumatic strabismus has traditionally been attributed to direct muscle contusion (4) .…”

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Inferior rectus muscle rupture due to orbital trauma

Lando¹,

Oliveira²,

Rezende³

2017

Revista Brasileira De Oftalmologia

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“…1,2,4,5 According to the bibliographic research data, the incidence of ocular trauma varied from 21.6% to 65% worldwide. [1][2][3][6][7][8][9] Similarly, ocular trauma (18.2%) was the most prevalent cause of attendance at our emergency eye care center followed by infectious conjunctivitis (16.9%). Previous…”

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“…[1][2][3] Thus, the knowledge of the prevalence of the ophthalmological urgencies provides information to plan preventive strategies, to establish health policies, to analyze and direct the service where the research is being conducted. 3 The Emergency Department of Ophthalmology of the Complexo Hospitalar Ouro Verde (Hospital Complex Ouro Verde) in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, attends the free demand of patients with ocular complaints, and also referrals from primary and secondary units of Campinas city and nearby cities. Therefore, it is an important source of data that reflects the regional epidemiology, since there is little information available.…”

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Epidemiological Profile Of The Ophthalmology Emergency Service Of The Complexo Hospitalar Ouro Verde - Campinas (SP)

Alencar¹

2015

Vis. Pan-Am.

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To trace the epidemiology of eye diseases seen in the emergency eye care center in Campinas, Brasil. Methods: A cross-sectional, observational, retrospective survey was conducted involving patient records assisted in the emergency room in January of 2014. The factors analyzed were age, gender, origin of patient and nosological entities. Results: A total of 1063 patients were attended. 55.9% were male and 44.1% female. Mean age was 37 years old. Of this sample, 18.2% were ocular trauma, 16.9% infectious conjunctivitis, 7.8% keratitis, 7.6% hordeolum, 7.5% ocular allergies, 4.7% subconjuntival hemorrhage, 3.9% blepharitis and meibomitis, 3.6% pterygium, 3.4% corneal ulcer and 26% other diagnosis. 73.5% were from emergency eye care admittance of our service and 26.5% were referrals from other services. Conclusion: The most frequent etiology was ocular trauma. The majority of patients were male in economically active age and their main origin was from admittance of emergency eye care center.

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Análise das causas de atendimento e prevalência das doenças oculares no serviço de urgência

Cited by 9 publications

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Epidemiological profile of patients with red eye complain treated at Fundação Hilton Rocha, MG, Brazil

Epidemiological profile of patients with red eye complain treated at Fundação Hilton Rocha, MG, Brazil

Inferior rectus muscle rupture due to orbital trauma

Epidemiological Profile Of The Ophthalmology Emergency Service Of The Complexo Hospitalar Ouro Verde - Campinas (SP)

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