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June 2021 COVID-19 and Eye Health Research Round Up

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Published: 02.07.2021

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The following links have been sourced from LitCovid.

Myopia & digital eye strain

COVID-19 and myopia. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen.
Impact of the use of digital devices on eyes during the lockdown period of COVID-19 pandemic. Indian J Ophthalmol.
Impact of COVID-19 Home Confinement in Children’s Refractive Errors. Int J Environ Res Public Health.

Emergency Department/Clinic settings

Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Admissions for Retinal Detachment in a Tertiary Eye Emergency Department. Clin Ophthalmol.

Tertiary care

COVID-19’s Influence on Ocular Emergency Visits at a Tertiary Referral Center and Its Relationship to Emergency Indications by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. J Ophthalmol.

Eye Diseases

Presentation of Infectious Keratitis to ED during COVID-19 Lockdown. J Ophthalmol.
Frequency and risk factors for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Egypt J Intern Med.
Acute macular neuroretinopathy following COVID-19 vaccination. Eye (Lond).
Systemic dendrimer nanotherapies for targeted suppression of choroidal inflammation and neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration. J Control Release.
Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis following intensive corticosteroid therapy in severe COVID-19 disease. Indian J Ophthalmol.

Dry Eye

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on eye strain and dry eye symptoms. Ocul Surf.

Tele-Ophthalmology

The safety and feasibility of the screening for retinopathy of prematurity assisted by telemedicine network during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China. BMC Ophthalmol.

Ocular transmission, detection & manifestation of COVID-19

Testing the Sensitivity of Conjunctival Swabs from Confirmed COVID-19 Patients. Clin Ophthalmol.
Ocular Manifestations of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Comprehensive Review. J Ophthalmic Vis Res.
Human Tear Fluid Analysis for Clinical Applications: Progress and Prospects. Expert Rev Mol Diagn.
ACE2 Expression Is Upregulated in Inflammatory Corneal Epithelial Cells and Attenuated by Resveratrol. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.
[Providing eye care during the COVID-19 pandemic – Russian]. Vestn Oftalmol.
Povidone-Iodine Attenuates Viral Replication in Ocular Cells: Implications for Ocular Transmission of RNA Viruses. Biomolecules.
Evaluation of Early and Late COVID-19-Induced Vascular Changes with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography. Can J Ophthalmol.

Case Reports

Optic Neuritis in a Patient with Seropositive Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody During the Post-COVID-19 Period. Int Med Case Rep J.
Unilateral Optic Neuritis Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Rare Complication. Am J Case Rep.
Acute-onset central serous retinopathy after immunization with COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep.
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated optic neuritis in a COVID-19 patient: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore).
Inner retinal layer ischemia and vision loss after covid-19 infection: a case report. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther.
Prone Positioning Covid-19 Patients: A Double-Edged Sword-A Case Report of a Devastating Ocular Complication. Ophthalmol Ther.
The diagnostic dilemma of bilateral optic neuritis and idiopathic intracranial hypertension coexistence in a patient with recent COVID-19 infection. Clin Case Rep.
COVID-19 Associated Bilateral Acute Iris Transillumination. Ocul Immunol Inflamm.

Training

Reworking protocols of ophthalmic resident surgical training in the COVID-19 era – Experiences of a tertiary care institute in northern India. Indian J Ophthalmol.
Sustainability of Ophthalmology Practice and Training During and Post the Pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Review. Clin Ophthalmol.
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ophthalmology Residency Training. J Ophthalmic Vis Res.

Patient perspectives

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Primary eye care

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Eye Donation and Banking

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Other impacts of COVID-19 on vision and eye health

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World Health Organisation updates

Considerations for implementing and adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19. Ann update to the interim guidance published on 4 November 2020 entitled “Considerations in adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19”. Public health and social measures (PHSM) have proven critical to limiting transmission of COVID-19 and reducing deaths. PHSM include non-pharmaceutical individual and societal interventions to control COVID-19. This updated version introduces considerations for relaxation of some PHSM for individuals with natural or vaccine-induced immunity. WHO/2019-nCoV/Adjusting_PH_measures/2021.1

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