Which Specialties Are at Highest Risk for Contracting COVID-19?
The doctor in China who risked his job to warn the world about COVID-19 was not a frontline emergency medicine or ICU doctor. Li Wenliang, MD, was an ophthalmologist, a glaucoma specialist who died after contracting the virus from an asymptomatic patient.
Now a new preprint suggests that that may not have been a coincidence: The survey data show that of all resident physicians who worked within the greater New York City area between March and April, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and ophthalmology residents were at greatest risk of contracting COVID-19.
Read more at: https://wb.md/2Wz7dLY
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Assistant Professor at Salus University
4 年How true
Retired Optometrist
4 年That's why I am surprised that some optometrists have still been seeing patients in office and not staying home.
Optometrist, Medical Affairs Professional, Medical Writer, Academic, Peer-Educator; Subject Matter Expert in Ocular Disease
4 年Not surprising considering how close we get to our patients' faces during examination. Stay safe, colleagues!