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- Title
Covid-19 Pandemia -- Retina Specialist Perspective.
- Authors
ÖZDEMİR, Hüseyin Baran; ÖZDEK, Şengül; GÜRELİK, Gökhan; HASANREİSOĞLU, Berati
- Abstract
Ophthalmology practice has needed new precautions after COVID-19, which was emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and spread to the whole world very quickly. It was known that elderly people, whose majority of retina clinics, were the most affected by this new disease. Considering that many retinal diseases are among the ophthalmological emergencies, the slowed down health service due to COVID-19 pandemic should be provided to these patients in some way. In this review, the precautions that can be taken by retina specialists to avoid the spread and transmission of the virus are summarized.
- Subjects
WUHAN (China); COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; RETINA; RETINAL diseases; OPHTHALMOLOGY practice
- Publication
Retina-Vitreus/Journal of Retina-Vitreous, 2020, Vol 29, Issue 2, p170
- ISSN
1300-1256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37845/ret.vit.2020.29.31