Evaluation of Ophthalmology Consultations of Inpatients In A Tertiary Pediatric Hospital

Abstract

Sonuç olarak, gözün primer hastalıkları kadar, sistemik hastalıklara sekonder göz tutulumları da olabilmektedir. Kronik hastalığı olan hastalarda başlangıçta göz bulguları olmasa bile ilerleyen dönemlerde gelişebilecek tutulumları saptamak açısından düzenli göz muayenesinin yapılması önemlidir.

Evaluation of pediatric ophthalmic consultations in a tertiary care university hospital

“…In our study, we observed that most patients were consulted for rule out. This was consistent with other studies as well (13)(14)(15). In our study, the most common reason for consultation in the rule-out group was headache.…”

“…Papilledema was detected in 17.1% of these children. In other studies, the rule-out group's most common reason for consultation was eye screening for systemic diseases (13)(14)(15). This difference may be due to the size of the hospital's pediatric service and the inclusion of only inpatients in other studies.…”

“…Naturally, the patients whose ocular findings were detected by the pediatrician had a higher rate of ocular involvement than the rule-out group. In the study of Güngör et al (13) in inpatients children, the red eye was the second most common reason for consultation, and the most common reason was conjunctivitis. In our study, conjunctivitis was the most common cause of red eye.…”

“…Ophthalmic consultations are essential in diagnosing some diseases and follow-up of eye involvement in some systemic diseases. There are very few studies in the literature about eye consultation of patients in the pediatric age group (13)(14)(15). These studies addressed eye consultations of pediatric inpatients.…”

“…In the literature, eye consultations of inpatient groups were investigated (1,2). In the pediatric age group, there are few studies on this subject (13)(14)(15). However, in many cases, including systemic diseases in the pediatric age group, patients are followed up on an outpatient basis.…”