ABSTRACT
Objective
To evaluate the indirect ophthalmoscopy performed in ophthalmologic consultations, analyzing the prevalence of the study and comparing them with the reason for the consultation.
Methods
Cross-sectional study, with data found during the indirect ophthalmoscopy exam of inpatients or in emergency room care. The data analyzed for each patient was sex, the requested medical age, the reason for the consultation and the funduscopic examination findings.
Results
One hundred and four patients were evaluated and 43.27% of patients with a prevalence of changes in the exam. The most requested reasons for requesting ophthalmologic evaluation were trauma (16.35%) and neurological alterations (15.38%). The most prevalent finding was papillary edema, representing 17.3% of the general estimates. Other very prevalent findings were diabetic and hypertensive retinopathies, both with 11.53% in the general assessment, but with 83.3% and 53.84% prevalence in patients whose reasons for consultation were decompensated DM and hypertensive crisis, respectively.
Conclusions
Papillary edema and diabetic and hypertensive retinopathies were the most prevalent alterations, which demonstrates the importance of multidisciplinary care whenever possible, with greater attention to hypertensive and diabetic patients.
Retinal diseases; Retina; Fundus oculi; Ophthalmoscopy; Interdisciplinary communication
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