Diabetic Retinopathy

Publication Date: January 1, 2020

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

This pocket guide has been archived and is no longer updated. The information below may be outdated. Please refer to AAO website for current guidelines.

Key Points

...ce of diabetes, both worldwide and in the...


Figure 1. Standard Photographs

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Diagnosis

...Diag...

...c Retinopathy Disease Severity Scale a...


...care process for diabetic retinopath...


...be informed that they may have good vision and no...


...uals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus...


...ose with Type 1 diabetes mellitus without d...


...le 3. International Clinical Diabeti...


...Recommended Eye Examinations for Patien...


Ophthalmologic Examination

...Ophthalmol...

...should be classified according to th...


...amp biomicroscopy is the recommended met...


...mination of the peripheral retina is best perform...


Macular edema is best evaluated by dilated examin...


...undus photography and optical cohere...


Fundus Photography

...Fundus...

...riately, color and red-free fundus photogra...


...fundus photography is often helpful to document t...


Ultrasonography

...Ultrasonograp...

...d appropriately, ultrasonography an...


...trasonography is an extremely valuable diagno...


Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

...d appropriately, OCT ancillary to the clinical ex...


...a helpful screening tool to detect subtle ed...


...se of Optical Coherence Tomography for Diab...