The Role of Mobile Phone Fundoscopy in the COVID-19 Era as an Alternative to Traditional Ophthalmoscopy

Oluleye Tunji MD

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The Role of Mobile Phone Fundoscopy in the COVID-19 Era as an Alternative to Traditional Ophthalmoscopy

Publication Date: 2021-02-25

Volume/Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1 (2021)

Page No: 28 - 31

Journal: African Journal of Health, Nursing and Midwifery

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Abstract:

The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic has shown that traditional fundoscopy is now a hazardous procedure due to the proximity at which the procedure is done. This letter describes mobile phone fundoscopy as an alternative safer method of retinal examination with the added advantages of patient education and facilities for teaching and telemedicine.

Keywords:Mobile Phone FundoscopyCOVID-19Patient EducationTelemedicine.

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All articles are published open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.