Somasheila I Murthy1, Anthony Vipin Das2, Priyanka Kammari2, Aravind Roy3, Soumyava Basu4, Merle Fernandes5, Varsha M Rathi6, Mudit Tyagi4. 1. Cornea Service, The Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. 2. Department of eyeSmart EMR & AEye, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. 3. Department of Cornea & Anterior Segment Services, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Vijayawada, India. 4. Uveitis Service and Smt Kannuri Santhamma Vitreo-retinal Service, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. 5. Department of Cornea and Anterior Segment Service, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Vishakhapatnam, India. 6. Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care (GPRICARE), LVPEI, Hyderabad, India.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To report the pattern of noninfectious scleritis across a tertiary eye-care network. METHODS: A three-year retrospective review of patients diagnosed with noninfectious scleritis was performed. Data were retrieved using diagnostic terms assigned to scleritis through the in-house eyeSmart-electronic medical record system. RESULTS: 1103 patients, with a mean age of 44.33 ± 14.38 years and a median follow-up of 199.5 days (range 32-685) were enrolled. Unilateral disease was noted in 85%. Diffuse anterior scleritis (n = 542, 42.51%) and nodular scleritis (n = 482, 38.12%) were the commonest subtypes. Systemic immune disease association was present in 65 (5.89%). Treatment at onset was topical corticosteroids (n = 372, 36.54%) followed by oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (n = 351, 34.45%), oral corticosteroids in 184 (19.04%), and immunomodulators in 32 patients (3.54%). CONCLUSIONS: This study depicts the pattern of various noninfectious scleritis in a large cohort of patients. The present study helped to further customize the electronic medical records to minimize several data capture limitations.
PURPOSE: To report the pattern of noninfectious scleritis across a tertiary eye-care network. METHODS: A three-year retrospective review of patients diagnosed with noninfectious scleritis was performed. Data were retrieved using diagnostic terms assigned to scleritis through the in-house eyeSmart-electronic medical record system. RESULTS: 1103 patients, with a mean age of 44.33 ± 14.38 years and a median follow-up of 199.5 days (range 32-685) were enrolled. Unilateral disease was noted in 85%. Diffuse anterior scleritis (n = 542, 42.51%) and nodular scleritis (n = 482, 38.12%) were the commonest subtypes. Systemic immune disease association was present in 65 (5.89%). Treatment at onset was topical corticosteroids (n = 372, 36.54%) followed by oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (n = 351, 34.45%), oral corticosteroids in 184 (19.04%), and immunomodulators in 32 patients (3.54%). CONCLUSIONS: This study depicts the pattern of various noninfectious scleritis in a large cohort of patients. The present study helped to further customize the electronic medical records to minimize several data capture limitations.
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Scleritis; big data; diffuse and nodular; electronic medical records; eyeSmart