Severe COVID-19 was associated with ophthalmological manifestations in more than one-third of patients who presented to a single center with the disease, according to a study published in Retina.
Researchers conducted a cross-sectional single-center study of consecutive patients who presented to a Mexico City ICU with COVID-19 in May and June 2020. All patients underwent fundus examination with an indirect ophthalmoscope, and photographs were taken with a posterior pole camera.
The study included 117 patients with a median age of 54 years. Forty-two patients had ophthalmological manifestations,