Virtual consultation for red eye

Ho, Charlotte Shan; Avery, Anthony John; Livingstone, Iain A.T.; Ting, Darren S.J.

Abstract

This article was written with the aim of helping primary care doctors to reflect on their knowledge and skills in managing common ophthalmic condition such as red eye in the community via virtual consultations. Expert opinions (from both ophthalmologists and general practitioners) combined with the evidence from the literature were used to create this article. PubMed was searched for relevant articles related to virtual consultation and red eye using several key words, including “red eye”, “tele-medicine”, “virtual consultation”, “telephone consultation” and “video consultation”. Literature search was started on 15 December 2020 and last updated on 01 February 2021.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 8, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jun 25, 2021
• Publication Date: Jun 25, 2021
• Deposit Date: Jun 22, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 25, 2021
• Journal: The BMJ
• Electronic ISSN: 0959-8138
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 373
• Article Number: n1490
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1490
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5718604
• Publisher URL: https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1490