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ReviewMiddle East African journal of ophthalmology

Guidelines and Recommendations for Tonometry Use during the COVID-19 Era.

Enmar M Almazyad, Sally Ameen, Mohammad A Khan, Rizwan Malik

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In one paragraph

Review in Middle East African journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. How glaucoma care changed for the better after the pandemic.Current opinion in ophthalmology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Enmar M AlmazyadResearch Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sally AmeenWestern Eye Hospital, Imperial NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Mohammad A KhanDepartment of Microbiology, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdul Aziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rizwan MalikGlaucoma Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in a substantial change in eye care and clinical practice. There has been conflicting information and weak evidence on the virus's transmission through tears. Yet, virus detection on cornea and conjunctiva surface as a gateway for infection is not well-studied. Moreover, there have been no reported cases of SARS-CoV-2 transmission through tonometry to date. Thus, this uncertainty has urged this review on evidence-based guidelines and recommendations on tonometer use in the COVID-19 era. The aim of this article is to provide ophthalmologists with recommendations for tonometry practice based on current evidence and best practice guidelines.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusConjunctivaCorneaCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cross InfectionDisinfectionEquipment ReuseGlaucomaHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalOphthalmologyPandemicsPersonal Protective EquipmentPneumonia, ViralPractice Guidelines as TopicCOVID-19glaucomapublic health measurestonometry

Identifiers

PMID32874038
PMCPMC7442084
OpenAlexW3045172551

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Registered trials

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