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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Ophthalmology and COVID-19

Educational Objective
To understand how COVID-19 is affecting the field of ophthalmology

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JAMA

Published Online: September 22/29, 2020

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Article Information and Disclosures

Neil M. Bressler, MD^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
²Editor, JAMA Ophthalmology

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While common ophthalmic diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration or cataract or glaucoma, have minimal clinical relevance to other areas of medicine, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and ophthalmology have had immediate connections and importance for hospital epidemiology and infection control experts, public health officials, and the general population. In the first preliminary study of characteristics of ocular findings among 38 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Hubei province, China, Wu et al¹ reported conjunctivitis in 12 (38%). Virus material also was detected on swabs of the conjunctiva among 2 of 11 patients (18%) tested for COVID-19 in this manner.

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Neil M. Bressler, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Maumenee 752, Baltimore, MD 21287 (nmboffice@jhmi.edu).

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

References

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Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

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