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Management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy
1 August 2014
| Felicity Allen, Samantha S Mann
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness in the working-age population. Due to the worsening global epidemic of diabetes, the incidence of morbidity caused by the disease is set to increase [1]. The prevalence of diabetes in the UK...
OCT in proliferative diabetic retinopathy
1 December 2017
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This report set out to describe the anatomical relationships between retinal neovascular complexes (NVC), the posterior vitreous, and the vitreoretinal interface in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy using spectral domain OCT. The following was recorded for each NVC 1) posterior...
A possible biomarker for diabetic retinopathy
1 August 2017
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common form of diabetic eye disease, characterised by exudates, microaneurysms and haemorrhage. Early diagnosis is crucial for preventing visual loss. The risk of developing diabetic retinopathy is known to increase with age as well...
Effect of heredity on risk of diabetic retinopathy
1 September 2023
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Diabetic macular edema, heredity, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, risk factors, survival analysis
This study used survival analysis on 2199 patients who had reached vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy to investigate the contribution of heredity to diabetes together with other known risk factors for the development of either proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) or diabetic macular...
Inflammation and microvascular changes in diabetic retinopathy
1 February 2022
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Aqueous flare, diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinal neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, intraocular inflammation, neuroinflammation
Studies have shown that neurodegeneration and inflammation in the retina start early in diabetic retinopathy (DR) and can be present before the latter is clinically evident. The aim of this retrospective review of 99 diabetic patients was to evaluate retinal...
Automated grading of diabetic retinopathy: is it possible?
1 August 2018
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a frequent microvascular complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness worldwide. However, much of this diabetic blindness can be delayed or even prevented with timely diagnosis and proper treatment. For this reason, regular screening...
Myopia-protective against diabetic retinopathy
1 October 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This meta-analysis evaluates the current evidence of the relationship between myopia and diabetic retinopathy (DR) risk. A systematic search was performed up to April 2015. Three models were used to assess the association between myopia and risk of DR: axial...
Medical management and diabetic retinopathy progression
1 February 2015
| Brian Ang
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The ACCORD Eye Study was designed to evaluate the benefit of intensive glycaemic control (HbA1c <6.0% vs 7.0-7.9%), intensive systolic blood pressure control (<120mmHg vs. <140mmHg), and combined fenofibrate and simvastatin therapy in the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy....
Launch of the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service in UHWI Jamaica
1 June 2016
| Lizette Mowatt, Peter Mitchell, Tunde Peto, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
At 2.55pm on Wednesday 16 March 2016 the first patient was screened and given her results in the new nurse-led Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (DRS) Clinic at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Kingston, Jamaica. This was the result...
Collaborating across the Caribbean to tackle diabetic retinopathy
1 December 2017
| Pippa Williams, Melissa Bailey, Covadonga Bascaran, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme has been running since 2004, with a focus on improving the quality and quantity of eye care training in low-income countries [1]. In 2014, the Diabetic Retinopathy Network (DR-NET) was established [2]. This is a...
Situation analysis of diabetic retinopathy services in eleven countries
1 December 2015
| Peter Blows, Tunde Peto, Heiko Philippin, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
A five-year project funded by The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust is facilitating development of diabetic retinopathy services (DRS) to reduce unnecessary blindness in 10 Commonwealth countries through the establishment of a capacity-building network, the DR-NET part of the Commonwealth...
Diabetic Retinopathy Network laser training programme
5 February 2020
| Nick Astbury, Denise Mabey, Joachim Kilemile, William Makupa, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The VISION 2020 Diabetic Retinopathy Network (DR-NET) was established in 2014 to tackle the increasing burden of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in developing countries [1]. By forming a network of long-term LINK capacity-building partnerships, learning and best practice can...