Ophthalmological emergencies. An epidemiological study: Are resources been used properly?

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of ophthalmological emergency visits to two tertiary hospital in all age groups during years 2014 and 2015.

Methods: All patients who attended Ophthalmological Emergency Department from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015 were included in the study. The demographic variables studied were gender, age, place of origin, time of arrival, day of the week, month and year of the visit, the diagnosis, destination on discharge, total time of the visit and priority.