SynthesisEuropean journal of ophthalmology2021
Ophthalmology-focused publications and findings on COVID-19: A systematic review.
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- TFOS lifestyle: Impact of societal challenges on the ocular surface.The ocular surface · 2023Pooled it
- New findings on retinal microvascular changes in patients with primary COVID-19 infection: a longitudinal study.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on global health journals: an analysis of impact factor and publication trends.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) Parameters in Young Adults after SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) Compared with Healthy Young Controls.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Conjunctival Swab Findings in 484 COVID-19 Patients in Four Hospital Centers in Slovakia.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Retinal Findings of Hospitalized Neonates Recovered from COVID-19 Infection: A Prospective, Observational, Descriptive Study.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2022Observational
- Histopathological assessments reveal retinal vascular changes, inflammation, and gliosis in patients with lethal COVID-19.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022Article
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and conjunctival sac swab findings.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2022Article
- A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Ophthalmology and COVID-19 Research.Journal of ophthalmology · 2022Review
- Effect of COVID-19-Related Interventions on the Incidence of Infectious Eye Diseases: Analysis of Nationwide Infectious Disease Incidence Monitoring Data.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Insights on the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 transmission through the eyes.International journal of ophthalmology · 2022Review
- Intricate scientometric analysis and citation trend of COVID-19-related publications in Indian Journal of Ophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Commentary: Publications boom/boon during COVID-19 - more than meets the eye!Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Histopathological assessments reveal retinal vascular changes, inflammation and gliosis in patients with lethal COVID-19.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2021Article
- Conjunctivitis as the only sign and symptom of COVID-19: A case report and review of literature.Qatar medical journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo summarize COVID-19 research endeavors by ophthalmologists/researchers in terms of publication numbers, journals and author countries, and to detail key findings.
methodsThe LitCovid database was systematically reviewed for ophthalmology-focused COVID-19 articles. The quality of the evidence was assessed for articles investigating conjunctivitis in COVID-19 patients.
resultsThere were 21,364 articles in LitCovid on June 12, 2020, of which 215 (1%) were ophthalmology-focused. Of articles on COVID-19 transmission, 3.3% were ophthalmology-focused. Ophthalmology-focused articles were published in 68 journals and originated from 25 countries. The top five countries publishing ophthalmology-focused articles (China, India, United States of America, Italy, and United Kingdom) produced 145/215 (67%) articles. A total of 16 case reports/series from eight countries reported that conjunctivitis can be the initial or the only symptom of COVID-19 infection. Conjunctivitis may occur in the middle phase of COVID-19 illness. A total of 10 hospital-based cross-sectional studies reported that between 0% and 31.6% of COVID-19 patients have conjunctivitis or other ocular conditions, with a pooled prevalence of 5.5% reported in a meta-analysis. Viral RNA was detected in conjunctival swabs of patients with and without ocular manifestations, after resolution of conjunctivitis, after nasopharyngeal swabs turned negative and in retina of deceased COVID-19 patients.
conclusionWithin 3 months of declaring the COVID-19 pandemic, 215 ophthalmology-focused articles were published in PubMed, concentrating on disease manifestations and transmission. The reported presence of conjunctivitis or other ocular conditions in COVID-19 patients is varied. Clinicians should be alert for ocular involvement in COVID-19 infections and possible ocular transmission even in patients without ocular symptoms.
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