Screening for diabetic retinopathy

Screening for diabetic retinopathy

Organised community screening programmes for diabetic retinopathy (at whatever stage) are not yet available nationwide. [...]they are, doctors caring for diabetic patients should continue to perform direct ophthalmoscopy through dilated pupils to detect any signs of this frequently asymptomatic caus...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 1996-06, Vol.312 (7047), p.1670-1671
Hauptverfasser: Hart, P. M., Archer, D. B., Atkinson, A. B., Waugh, N. R., Tobiansky, Robert, Blanchard, Martin, McGrath, Alice, Jackson, Graham A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cameras
Diabetes
Diabetes complications
Diabetic retinopathy
Lasers
Letters
Macular degeneration
Marginal costs
Medical referrals
Medical specialists
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmoscopy
Retina
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Zusammenfassung:Organised community screening programmes for diabetic retinopathy (at whatever stage) are not yet available nationwide. [...]they are, doctors caring for diabetic patients should continue to perform direct ophthalmoscopy through dilated pupils to detect any signs of this frequently asymptomatic cause of visual morbidity.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.312.7047.1670