Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO) is an ophthalmologic emergency. Various systemic conditions can become risk factors. The purpose of this study is to discover the risk factors, and awareness of the emergency of patients with CRAO which is indicated by patient’s onset-to-arrival time. The method used in this study is retrospective description from the medical record data of patients diagnosed with CRAO who comes to Saiful Anwar General Hospital for a period of 3 years. Sample collection is done consecutively, obtaining a total of 21 patients. The researched variables are age, visual acuity, risk factor, onset-to-arrival time, and acute-phase CRAO management success. Most of the CRAO patients found on this study are aged 60 years old, the highest amount of visual acuity upon arrival is 1/300, risk factor shows that 20 out of 21 samples have systemic hypertension, and almost all of the patients come for treatment 4-6 days after the onset. Most of the samples experience no change in their visual acuity after the therapy. The conclusion that hypertension is the highest risk factor of CRAO found on this study. The majority of patients come too late for treatment which causes not improving even worsening of their visual outcome.
Risk factors for central retinal artery occlusion in young patients
