Demographics and clinical profile of patients with ocular Calotropis poisoning in India
| Title: | Demographics and clinical profile of patients with ocular Calotropis poisoning in India |
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| Authors: | Varsha M Rathi, Anthony Vipin Das, Mayank Mahajan, Rohit C Khanna |
| Source: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 69, Iss 9, Pp 2417-2420 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Ophthalmology |
| Subject Terms: | calotropis, electronic medical records, india, Ophthalmology, RE1-994 |
| More Details: | Purpose: To describe the clinical profile of patients with ocular Calotropis poisoning presenting to a multitier ophthalmology hospital network in India. Methods: This cross-sectional hospital-based study included 2,047,360 new patients presenting between August 2010 and March 2020. Patients with a clinical diagnosis of Calotropis poisoning in at least one eye were included. The data were collected using an electronic medical record system. Descriptive statistics using mean ± standard deviation and median with inter-quartile range (IQR) were used to elucidate the demographic data. Chi-square test was done for univariate analysis. Results: Overall, 362 (0.018%) new patients were diagnosed with ocular Calotropis poisoning during the study period. The mean age of the patients was 44.10 ± 18.61 years. The incidence rates were 0.013% in children and 0.018% in adults. Males were 57.46% and 87.29% had unilateral affliction. A significant number of patients presented from the rural geography (59.67%) and were from the higher socioeconomic class (72.65%). About a fourth of the patients were homemakers (23.48%) followed by agriculture workers (18.23%). Of the 408 affected eyes, 49.26% had mild visual impairment (20/70 to ≤ 20/200) in 23.28%. The most common clinical signs were conjunctival congestion (61.03%), descemet membrane folds (57.35%), stromal edema (30.39%), and corneal epithelial defect (24.51%). Conclusion: Calotropis poisoning in individuals seeking eye care in India is very rare. It is commonly unilateral and occurs more in the rural geography. It is common in middle-aged males and may affect vision due to involvement of the cornea. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0301-4738 1998-3689 |
| Relation: | http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2021;volume=69;issue=9;spage=2417;epage=2420;aulast=Rathi; https://doaj.org/toc/0301-4738; https://doaj.org/toc/1998-3689 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijo.IJO_3434_20 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/81675106305241f5bdeba5e2afe2fae8 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.81675106305241f5bdeba5e2afe2fae8 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 03014738 19983689 |
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| DOI: | 10.4103/ijo.IJO_3434_20 |
| Published in: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Language: | English |