Inpatient and Emergency Room Ophthalmology Consultations at a Tertiary Care Center

Table 1

Consultation type by acute, chronic, and screening (top) and reason for consults for screening consultations (bottom).

Type of consult
Acute	420 (72%)
Chronic	35 (6%)
Screening	126 (22%)
Screening type	Positive findings
Fungemia	0/26 (0%)
Papilledema	8/39 (21%)
Syndromic evaluation	13/25 (52%)
Visual field	6/22 (27%)
Reason for consult
Vision change	182 (31.3%)
Eye pain	115 (19.8%)
Periorbital pain and swelling	70 (12.0%)
Trauma	58 (10.0%)
Papilledema	49 (8.4%)
Fungemia	28 (4.8%)
Tumor	28 (4.8%)
Syndromic evaluation	23 (4.0%)
Others	28 (4.8%)