Clinical profile and management of vitreous hemorrhage in tertiary eye care centre in Nepal.
Nepal J Ophthalmol
; 12(23): 99-105, 2020 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Vitreous hemorrhage is one of the most common diseases presenting to emergency department and leading cause of painless vision loss.OBJECTIVES:
To determine the profile of vitreous hemorrhage in patients presented to Outpatient Department (OPD) and emergency Department of Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO). MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
This is a hospital based observational non interventional descriptive study. Total 198 patients were enrolled who visited OPD and Emergency department of TIO from August 1st 2012 to July 30th 2013.RESULT:
Total 198 patients (201 eyes) were enrolled for the study, out of which 144 were male and 54 females. 195 were unilateral and 3 bilateral cases. Most common age group of presentation of vitreous hemorrhage was 51-60 years (24.75%). Most common presenting complaint was sudden onset of decreased vision (95%). Most common etiology of vitreous hemorrhage was branch retinal vein occlusion (22.38%). Among the total subjects, 57.7% of the patient were managed with medical therapy, 35.8% surgically and 6.47 % with combined medical and surgical treatment.CONCLUSION:
Branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) is the most common cause of vitreous hemorrhage. Diabetes and hypertension are the most commonly associated systemic illnesses.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Hemorragia Vítrea
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nepal J Ophthalmol
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article