[Prevalence and detection rate of senile cataract in individuals with cardiovascular diseases].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of senile cataracts and its detection rate among the population at the age of 40 and older with diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Material And Methods: This observational cross-sectional study was based on the information extracted from electronic health records (EHR) of patients aged 40-99 years assigned for medical services to a city polyclinic.

Results: Among the population with essential hypertension (EH) senile cataract occurs with the frequency of 10.

[The analysis of concomitant pathology in ophthalmologic practice based on electronic medical records data].

The study substantiates possibility of using data retrieved from electronic medical records (EMR) for analyzing comorbidity under diseases of the eye and its adnexa. The purpose of the study is to analyze prevalence and evaluate risk of development of comorbidity in patients with ophthalmologic pathology, based on the data presented in EMR. The total number of patients included into comprised 12 120 individuals.