Publications by authors named "Olivia Febles Simeon"

Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to analyze sociodemographic factors in patients with eye-related issues attending emergency departments (EDs) and differentiate between emergent and nonemergent cases.
  • A total of 60,677 patients were evaluated across multiple eye hospitals throughout 2019, with findings indicating that most diagnoses were nonemergent (56.7%).
  • Key results showed that males and non-White Hispanic patients were more likely to have emergent diagnoses, while those with private insurance were less likely compared to uninsured patients; standard ED visits were associated with more emergent conditions than visits to specialized eye EDs.
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This case seeks to demonstrate the value of remote evaluations conducted by health professionals for the purpose of applying for humanitarian parole. In this case, a survivor of labor trafficking, kidnapping, and sexual violence in her home country endures ad-ditional physical and psychological suffering after experiencing physical and sexual assaults while awaiting entry into the United States to seek asylum. As increasing numbers of mi-grants seeking protection arrive at the United States' southern border, immigration enforce-ment deterrence policies keep many asylum seekers in limbo.

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Purpose: To characterize the most common ophthalmic conditions seen in the emergency department (ED) DESIGN: Cross-sectional study METHODS: This is a multicenter study of 64,988 patients who visited the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Wills Eye Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Hospital/Wilmer Eye Institute from January 1, 2019, until December 31, 2019. Demographic and primary diagnosis data were extracted including gender, age, race, ethnicity, insurance type, and ophthalmology consult status. Descriptive statistics were performed on all data using STATA IC 14 (64-bit).

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