Examination of Emergency Ophthalmologic Consultations in Terms of Urgency, Ophthalmic Pathology, and the Weekend Effect

Aim: To evaluate the urgency of ophthalmology consultations in emergency department (ED) and presence ophthalmic pathology. This study also aimed to determine whether weekend phenomenon affected ophthalmologic consultation requests. Materials Methods: Ophthalmology requested by physician for patients who visited academic ED a tertiary care hospital Turkey from January December 2019 were retrospectively investigated. Consultation requests grouped as possible emergent, unlikely be undetermined. Results: A total 256 eligible included study. The top three reasons blunt trauma (29.7%), foreign body (24.2%), conjunctivitis (13.3%). 70.3% categorized 18.4% 11.3% frequency with diagnoses that are emergent at weekends out working hours was lower than during weekdays (p = 0.032, p 0.029, respectively). Most had pathology 0.001). Conclusion: Traumatic injuries most common cause ED. Approximately one-fifth emergent. Early evaluation is required category patients. effect does not influence consultations. Establishing eye services or having an available ophthalmologist crucial diagnosis treatment require special practice skills.