Reorganization of the intravitreal therapy service with the use of a scoring system during Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in a tertiary referral center in Milan,Italy

摘要

With the recent Coronavirus disease(COVID-19)pandemic we have experienced a sudden and dramatic change of our scheduled work in every field of medicine,including ophthalmology(1-3).Our Medical Retina(MR)service is usually overbooked because of the increasing demand of intravitreal treatments for exudative maculopathy(4,5).However with the ongoing pandemic and the restrictive measures adopted by our Government to limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak,only urgent cases have been allowed to attend the clinic during the pandemic peak.Therefore,we had to swiftly reorganise and reschedule the planned activity of our Service.The electronic medical records(EMR),clinical notes and retinal imaging of patients booked in our MR service were reviewed in order to assess the eligibility of patients to attend the Clinic.