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ReviewGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2020

Telemedicine in ophthalmology in view of the emerging COVID-19 outbreak.

Adir C Sommer, Eytan Z Blumenthal

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Review in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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68citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. COVID 19 repercussions in ophthalmology: a narrative review.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
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  5. Manhattan Vision Screening and Follow-Up Study: (NYC-SIGHT)Tele-Retinal Image Findings and Importance of Photography.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Adir C SommerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, P.O.B 9602, 31096, Haifa, Israel.
Eytan Z BlumenthalDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, P.O.B 9602, 31096, Haifa, Israel. e_blumenthal@rambam.health.gov.il.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTechnological advances in recent years have resulted in the development and implementation of various modalities and techniques enabling medical professionals to remotely diagnose and treat numerous medical conditions in diverse medical fields, including ophthalmology. Patients who require prolonged isolation until recovery, such as those who suffer from COVID-19, present multiple therapeutic dilemmas to their caregivers. Therefore, utilizing remote care in the daily workflow would be a valuable tool for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic ocular conditions in this challenging clinical setting. Our aim is to review the latest technological and methodical advances in teleophthalmology and highlight their implementation in screening and managing various ocular conditions. We present them as well as potential diagnostic and treatment applications in view of the recent SARS-CoV-2 virus outbreak.

methodsA computerized search from January 2017 up to March 2020 of the online electronic database PubMed was performed, using the following search strings: "telemedicine," "telehealth," and "ophthalmology." More generalized complementary contemporary research data regarding the COVID-19 pandemic was also obtained from the PubMed database.

resultsA total of 312 records, including COVID-19-focused studies, were initially identified. After exclusion of non-relevant, non-English, and duplicate studies, a total of 138 records were found eligible. Ninety records were included in the final qualitative analysis.

conclusionTeleophthalmology is an effective screening and management tool for a range of adult and pediatric acute and chronic ocular conditions. It is mostly utilized in screening of retinal conditions such as retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration; in diagnosing anterior segment condition; and in managing glaucoma. With improvements in image processing, and better integration of the patient's medical record, teleophthalmology should become a more accepted modality, all the more so in circumstances where social distancing is inflicted upon us.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusDisease OutbreaksCommunicable Diseases, EmergingCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansOphthalmologyPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2TelemedicineCOVID-19Remote careSARS-CoV-2TelehealthTelemedicineTeleophthalmology

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PMID32813110
PMCPMC7436071

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