Table 2.
Priority | Scheduling time | Clinical conditions | Symptoms |
---|---|---|---|
U | Within 72 h | Ocular trauma, conjunctivitis, keratitis, uveitis | Acute visual loss or scotoma, amaurosis, endophthalmitis, acute glaucoma, new onset anisocoria, ocular inflammations (orbital cellulitis), acute ptosis, foreign body, phosphenes and floaters, acute diplopia, new onset monolateral exophthalmos, chemical and thermal burns, metamorphopsia |
B | Within 10 days | Eyelid inflammatory disease, eyelid and orbital tumors | |
D | Within 30 days | Glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, chronic conjunctivitis, evaluation for starting/maintaining systemic therapies (e.g. hydroxychloroquine, corticosteroids, . . .) | |
P | Longer period | Long-time loss of vision, pterygium, new diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension, familiarity for glaucoma and others hereditary ocular diseases | |
Rescheduled visits |
U: urgent; B: less urgent; D: deferrable; P: programmable.