Infektološki glasnik, Vol. 40 No. 2, 2020.
Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.40.2.4
Ophthalmological aspects of COVID-19 – literature review and our experience
Dina Lešin Gaćina
orcid.org/0000-0002-2468-2195
; Klinika za očne bolesti, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nenad Vukojević
; Klinika za očne bolesti, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Igor Petriček
; Klinika za očne bolesti, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sonja Jandroković
; Klinika za očne bolesti, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivan Škegro
; Klinika za očne bolesti, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Petra Kristina Ivkić
; Klinika za očne bolesti, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In recent months we have encountered a pandemic caused by a new highly contagious virus that has evolved into a global healthcare crisis. The World Health Organization has named the virus SARS-CoV-2 (SARS-coronavirus-2) and disease caused by it COVID-19 ("coronavirus disease"). The primary route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is direct person-to-person contact and through droplets. It seems that there is a possibility of ocular transmission of the virus by contagious ocular surface and discharges. Close contact between ophthalmologists and patients is unavoidable during clinical examination and this may pose a risk for infection transmission. Although conjunctivitis is not a common sign of COVID-19, there are reports about possible ocular manifestations of the disease. Therefore, the importance of implementation of preventive measures to control the transmission of infection for ophthalmologists, healthcare professionals and patients during the ophthalmological examination is emphasized. We report the latest published data from literature and guidelines for ophthalmologic practice and introduce our experience from Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb during SARS-CoV-2 epidemic.
Ključne riječi
eye, ophthalmology; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2
Hrčak ID:
245997
URI
Datum izdavanja:
12.11.2020.
Posjeta: 3.056 *