THINKING ABOUT OPHTHALMOLOGY IN THE ERA OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

There is no part of the health care system that has remained unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic

in terms of its organizational, scientific or medical models. The surgical specialities were called

upon to analyse the concepts of urgency and deferrable, reconsider the procedures and the times for

those, and to evaluate new and specific strategies for the remote and safe management of patients.

The aim of this paper is to evaluate new and different approaches in the field of ophthalmology

triggered by the COVID-19 emergency. We analysed literature and on line documents; key words

for the research were: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, ophthalmology, ophthalmologist, eye, guidelines,

and their combinations. We reported the results of the research according to the following topics:

official society guidelines, suggestions and best practice according to research groups, management

for specific subspecialties, medical education, telemedicine.