Intervalos y técnicas para la detección de retinopatía diabética
- Mª Mercedes Tabares Sánchez 1
- Patricia Pontón Méndez 1
- Ian Roberts Martínez-Aguirre 1
- Francisco Javier Jiménez Benito 1
- 1 Hospital Universitario de Burgos Burgos
ISSN: 1697-090X
Year of publication: 2018
Issue: 1
Pages: 9-16
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista Electrónica de Biomedicina
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is the most prevalent endocrinological disease. It affects the 13% of the population in Spain and its main complication, diabetic retinopathy, affects the 30% of the diabetic patients. An early diagnosis and treatment allow the prevention of the visual impairment related to Diabetes. Therefore, it is vital to set up an efficient screening program. It is recommended an annual or biennial review to detect Diabetic Retinopathy in diabetic patients. The poor compliance of these recommendations by the patients ant the huge healthcare burden make telemedicine fundus photography an efficient solution for this problem; OCT and other more specific test would be reserved for diagnosis and quantitative measurement of cystic macular edema (CME). Probably, the use of Smartphone Based Retinography will be available for the screening of Diabetic Retinopathy in the future.