November 18, 2019

DIABETIC EYE AWARENESS

Guidelines for treating the diabetic eye patient The most consistent means to lower the risk of developing complications from diabetes is for patients to maintain good glycemic control. The new current criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes now includes two abnormal test results from the same sample (fasting plasma glucose and A1C from the same sample). Learn more ADVERTISEMENT

Ultra-widefield OCT ‘may be the only imaging’ needed to manage PDR Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is defined by the presence of neovascularization; the use of ultra-widefield (UWF) imaging has shown the distribution of this neovascularization and other diabetic retinopathy (DR) lesions in the posterior and peripheral retina. Find out