{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Multidisciplinary care and units for uveitis in the internal medicine departments in Spain: Survey of the Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Group.
{Author}: Fanlo P;Espinosa G;Adan A;Fonollosa A;Segura A; ; ;
{Journal}: Rev Clin Esp (Barc)
{Volume}: 221
{Issue}: 4
{Year}: Apr 2021
暂无{DOI}: 10.1016/j.rceng.2019.11.007
{Abstract}: <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>To identify the multidisciplinary uveitis units in which internal medicine departments participate in collaboration with ophthalmology departments in Spain.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>We conducted a multicentre, observational cross-sectional study that collected information using a structured survey sent by email to 1015 partners of the Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Workgroup of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (GEAS-SEMI) from the 1st to the 31st of March 2017.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>We identified a total of 21 support units/consultations for the ophthalmology departments. Seventeen (81%) of the units were specific internal medicine-ophthalmology consultations, and 5 (24%) units had been created in the past 5 years. A median of 460 patients were assessed per unit by the end of the year.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>This study shows, for the first time in Spain, the important and close collaboration between ophthalmologists and internists, especially in highly specialized national reference institutions.