El 15 de marzo del 2020, luego de la declaratoria del estado de Emergencia Nacional en el Perú y con el establecimiento de la cuarentena, quedó restringido el acceso a asistencia médica, permitiéndose la atención solo en los casos de urgencias y emergencias. Así mismo, fueron suspendidas las cirugías electivas, consecuentemente no se cumplieron los requisitos de la residencia médica básicos y específicos de la especialidad de oftalmología, entre otras. Es así que, dependiendo del centro de formación, los residentes de oftalmología fueron reubicados en diferente proporción para enfrentar las crecientes necesidades de la pandemia en área sCOVID-19 y no COVID-19 de sus instituciones de formación académica. A los 6 meses de transcurridos la pandemia, creemos que es un momento oportuno para evaluar la situación del residentado médico de Oftalmología en el país, cuya info...

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...