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Jan 26, 2024 · Conjunctivitis is a common cause of eye redness and, subsequently, a common complaint in the emergency department, urgent care clinics, and primary care clinics. People of any age, demographic, or socioeconomic status can be affected. More than 80% of all acute cases are generally diagnosed by non-ophthalmologists, such as internists, primary care providers, pediatricians, and nurse ...
- Conjunctivitis: A Systematic Review - PMC
Conjunctivitis is a commonly encountered condition in...
- Keeping an eye on pink eye: a global conjunctivitis outbreak ...
A total of 155 survey responses were collected for analysis,...
- Conjunctivitis: A Systematic Review - PMC
Aug 19, 2021 · A total of 155 survey responses were collected for analysis, representing a response rate of 7.9%. Locations of respondents are shown in Figure 1B –D, grouped by Global Burden of Disease (GBD) region. 4 Of the 21 GBD regions, responses from 16 were represented in this report (Figure 1B –D). Regional conjunctivitis epidemics were reported by ...
- 10.1093/inthealth/ihab049
- 2022/09
- Int Health. 2022 Sep; 14(5): 542-544.
Jul 29, 2020 · Conjunctivitis is a commonly encountered condition in ophthalmology clinics throughout the world. In the management of suspected cases of conjunctivitis, alarming signs for more serious intraocular conditions, such as severe pain, decreased vision, and painful pupillary reaction, must be considered. Additionally, a thorough medical and ...
- Amir A. Azari, Amir Arabi
- 10.18502/jovr.v15i3.7456
- 2020
- Jul-Sep 2020
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Authors’ Contributions
- Funding
- Ethical Approval
Conjunctivitis epidemics are common worldwide, afflicting people across age and socio-economic strata (Figure 1A). In the USA, conjunctivitis epidemics occur sporadically spatiotemporally. Non-US epidemics are often larger, with predictable patterns of seasonal outbreaks.1 The aetiologic pathogen for conjunctivitis is not typically identified. Freq...
Prior to our survey, for background and comparison to known prior outbreak patterns, we mapped (Figure 1A) locations and aetiologies of reported conjunctivitis outbreaks from 2012 to 2017 as reported by PubMed, ProMED and other online news releases2(R packages ggplot, ggmap; R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). We then performe...
A total of 155 survey responses were collected for analysis, representing a response rate of 7.9%. Locations of respondents are shown in Figure 1B–D, grouped by Global Burden of Disease (GBD) region.4 Of the 21 GBD regions, responses from 16 were represented in this report (Figure 1B–D). Regional conjunctivitis epidemics were reported by 51% of res...
This study was conducted to determine if there is a global consensus among those who study and treat conjunctivitis epidemics. Experts confirmed that global conjunctivitis epidemics are prevalent and suspected aetiologies are largely unknown or variable. When specific aetiologies were indicated, experts did not exclusively attribute conjunctivitis ...
GS, TL, SM, TP, TD and MD conceived of the study. GS, TL, TD and MD designed and administered the survey. GK, GS, TL, TP, TD and MD performed the statistical analysis and interpretation of the survey data collected. GK, GS, TP and MD drafted and critically revised the manuscript for intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manu...
This work was made possible in part by the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award (to TD), R01EY032041 (to TD), R01EY024608 (to TL), EY002162 Core Grant for Vision Research (to EU) and by a Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant (to SDM).
The research and preparation of this manuscript were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of California, San Francisco.
Jul 29, 2020 · Abstract and Figures. Conjunctivitis is a commonly encountered condition in ophthalmology clinics throughout the world. In the management of suspected cases of conjunctivitis, alarming signs for ...
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Aug 23, 2023 · Conjunctivitis, also referred to as "red eye," is one of the most prevalent ocular conditions seen in ophthalmic emergency rooms. Conjunctivitis was first described in print by S.T. Quellmaz in 1881.
Aug 29, 2021 · Methods . CPGs published on non-infectious and infectious conjunctivitis between 2010 and March 2020 were reviewed, evaluated, and selected using nine items from the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II tool (4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 22 and 23).
