Ashfaq-ur Rehman, Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Israr, Usman Attique, Asad Ullah, Waleed.
Medical Calls Written to Ophthalmologists for Consultation by Various Faculties.
Al-Shifa J Ophthalmol Jan ;14(3):119-26.

Introduction: Health sciences have been stratified into multiple disciplines with various sub specialties emerging over a period. Each medical faculty has its importance at certain areas of healthcare provision that influence the management plans of other medical disciplines as well. Objective: `To know the frequency and patterns of medical calls written to Ophthalmologists. Subjects and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in Ophthalmology Department of Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar, from 1st February to 30thJuly 2017. The study duration was 6 months. All medical calls of the indoor patients of different medical faculties that were written to ophthalmology department and were attended either by consultants or trainees on slit lamps / direct ophthalmoscope. Results: A total of 298 medical calls were attended in Ophthalmology Department (OPDs, wards and OTs) and various other departments where patients were bed ridden and unable to come to ophthalmology department to be examined. It included calls both for the therapeutic (52.69 %) and diagnostic purposes (47.31%). Most of the medial calls were from the Pediatric Department (93 patients) followed by Endocrinology unit (89 patients). Mostly, the requests were made for fundus examination of the patients for various clinical findings and features. Conclusion: Various clinical diseases present with different ocular manifestations that urge ophthalmologists to do detail examination and gave opinion both for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Hence, it is recommended for different health faculties to have a liaison with ophthalmologists in terms of medical calls for collaborative approach towards the patient health care.

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