Epidemiology of Eye-Related Emergency Department Visits

2016331 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Roomasa Channa · Johns Hopkins Hospital

Syed Nabeel Zafar · Howard University Hospital

Joseph K. Canner · Johns Hopkins University

R Häring · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Eric B. Schneider · Johns Hopkins University

David S. Friedman · Johns Hopkins University

Abstract

Across the United States, nonemergent conditions accounted for almost half of all eye-related ED visits. Interventions to facilitate management of these cases outside the ED could make ED resources more available for truly emergent ophthalmic and medical issues.

Topics & Keywords

Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Glaucoma and retinal disorders Restraint-Related Deaths

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Ophthalmology

Volume 134, Issue 3, pp. 312-312

DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.5778

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