Recomendaciones para la atención oftalmológica durante el estado de alarma por la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus COVID-19
- J.A. Gegúndez-Fernández 1
- J. Zarranz-Ventura 9
- G. Garay-Aramburu 2
- F.J. Muñoz-Negrete 3
- J. Mendicute del Barrio 4
- L. Pablo-Júlvez 5
- S. García-Delpech 6
- A. López-Alemany 7
- F. Arnalich-Montiel 3
- M. Cordero-Coma 10
- J.A. Cárceles 8
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Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid
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- 2 OSI Araba, Sociedad Española de Retina y Vítreo (SERV), Vitoria-Gasteiz, España
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Hospital Ramón y Cajal
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Hospital Universitario de Donostia
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Hospital Miguel Servet
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Hospital Universitario La Fe
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Universitat de València
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- 8 Clínica Coatvisión, Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (SEO), Murcia, España
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Hospital Clinic Barcelona
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Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León
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ISSN: 0365-6691
Année de publication: 2020
Volumen: 95
Número: 6
Pages: 300-310
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia
Résumé
Objective Minimize exposure to the SARS-CoV-2, reduce the chances of cross-transmission between patients and healthcare personnel, and prevent the development of postoperative complications from the management of patients with eye diseases during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19). Methods COVID-19 literature review and consensus establishment between different Spanish ophthalmology societies in order to provide guidelines and recommendations of maximum resources primarily conditioned by the state of alert, confinement and social distancing that occurs in Spain since March 16, 2020. Results The recommendations will promote the adoption of action and protection measures for eye care in outpatient clinics, surgical areas and hospitalization, for unconfirmed (asymptomatic and symptomatic) and confirmed COVID-19 patients. Measures must be adapted to the circumstances and availability of personal protective equipment in each of the centers and Autonomous Communities, which will be updated according to the pandemic phases and the measures adopted by the Spanish Government. Conclusions During the COVID-19 pandemic, attention to the potential health risks to the population caused by coronavirus should prevail over the possible progression of the common eye diseases. Ophthalmologists and other eye care professionals must assume a possible progression of these diseases due to the impossibility of adequate patient follow-up.