Retina-Vitreous
2020 , Vol 29 , Num 2
Pediatric Ophthalmology in the Era of COVID-19: Management of Emergent Non-Emergent Patients
Assistant Prof. MD., Department of Ophthalmology, Gazi University, Medicine School, Ankara, Turkey
DOI :
10.37845/ret.vit.2020.29.32
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
When patients come to an ophthalmologist?s offi ce for ocular examination, these patients have direct contact with examination equipment.
Recent reports suggested that ocular surfaces may be a potential mode of SARS-CoV-2 transmission an d that ophthalmologists are highly prone
to getting infected.Pediatric patients and managing their ophthalmologic conditions have its unique challenges. The purpose of this review is to provide useful guidelines, targeted at pediatric ophthalmology professionals, to minimize COVID-19 infection of both health-care workers and patients.
Keywords : COVİD-19, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, Cataract, Retinoblastoma