Objetivo: identificar los diagnósticos presuntivos de los pacientes atendidos mediante teleorientación sincrónica en el servicio de Oftalmología del Hospital Cayetano Heredia (HCH) por la pandemia de COVID 19, describiendo sus características demográficas y el porcentaje de pacientes referidos para una evaluación presencial. Método y Plan de análisis: estudio descriptivo observacional retrospectivo con análisis secundario de una base de datos recolectada de mayo a agosto del 2020 de pacientes atendidos mediante teleorientación oftalmológica en el HCH. Resultados: 389 pacientes fueron admitidos para el análisis. Los principales diagnósticos presuntivos fueron Síndrome de ojo seco (n=76, 24,68%), glaucoma (n=57, 18,51%), catarata (n=55, 17,85%), post operado (n=18, 5,84%) y Conjuntivitis viral/ bacteriana (n=17, 5,52%). La mayoría perteneciente al sexo femenino (n=198, 64,2...

Objectives: To identify presumptive diagnoses of patients treated by synchronous teleorientation in the Ophthalmology Service of Cayetano Heredia Hospital (CHH) during the COVID-19 pandemic, describing their demographic characteristics and the percentage of patients referred for a face-to-face evaluation. Methods: A retrospective observational descriptive study with secondary analysis of a database collected from May to August 2020 consisting of patients treated with teleorientation in the Ophthalmology service at CHH. Results: Three hundred and eight patients were included in the analysis. The main presumptive diagnoses were dry eye syndrome (24,68%), glaucoma (18.51%), cataract (17,85%), post-operated (5,84%) and viral/bacterial conjunctivitis (5,52%). Most patients were female (64,29%) and they came from Metropolitan Lima (91,88%). The number of older adults was higher than that of no...

Objectives: To identify presumptive diagnoses of patients treated by synchronous teleorientation in the Ophthalmology Service of Cayetano Heredia Hospital (CHH) during the COVID-19 pandemic, describing their demographic characteristics and the percentage of patients referred for a face-to-face evaluation. Methods: A retrospective observational descriptive study with secondary analysis of a database collected from May to August 2020 consisting of patients treated with teleorientation in the Ophthalmology service at CHH. Results: Three hundred and eight patients were included in the analysis. The main presumptive diagnoses were dry eye syndrome (24,68%), glaucoma (18.51%), cataract (17,85%), post-operated (5,84%) and viral/bacterial conjunctivitis (5,52%). Most patients were female (64,29%) and they came from Metropolitan Lima (91,88%). The number of older adults was higher than that of no...