Epidemiology of Conjunctivitis in the Emergency Department of a Reference Ophthalmological Hospital in Goiânia.

The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiology of ocular emergencies in a Reference Ophthalmological Hospital in Goiânia, with emphasis on acute infectious conjunctivitis, morbidity with a higher incidence in this Service. It aims to delineate the main etiologies found among infectious conjunctivitis and to compare them with those found in several other reference services in Ophthalmology.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All those patients who were submitted to a initial care performed by the First Year Resident (R1) of the Hospital and who were admitted during the period described.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patients who were admitted in the Emergency Department outside this period
• The patients who were not attended by a First Year Resident (R1)
• The patients who did not have all the data filled in the medical record
• The patients who needed to return, being attended in the hospital more than once.

Patients who were submitted to a initial care in the Emergency Department performed by the Ophthalmology First Year Resident (R1) .