Vitreous haemorrhage without obvious cause: national survey of management practices

Eye
B J VoteA G Casswell

Abstract

We undertook a national survey to establish the management of dense vitreous haemorrhage without obvious cause. Cross-sectional anonymous self-reporting survey of ophthalmic practitioners within three target groups: vitreoretinal specialists (VRS), nonvitreoretinal specialists (NVRS), and associate specialists (AS). Presentation of the hypothetical scenario of a patient presenting with recent onset (fresh) vitreous haemorrhage with no retinal view and no apparent cause on history taken at presentation. The relative importance assigned by respondents to eight examination techniques at presentation. The proportion of respondents stating that they would review patients and perform B-scan examination at or prior to 2 weeks after presentation. The stated time to surgical intervention by VRS, and the time to referral by NVRS and AS. VRS ranked B-scan examination higher than AS (P<0.001). A total of 98.1% of VRS indicated that they would next review patients within 2 weeks of presentation, this figure fell to 86.5% for NVRS and 47% for AS (P<0.001). A 98.1% of VRS indicated that they would next perform B-scan ultrasound within 2 weeks of presentation, this figure fell to 88.9% for NVRS and 70.6% for AS (P<0.001). The mean time to surg...Continue Reading

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