Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: Throughout the industrialized world the complications of diabetic retinopathy remain the major cause of preventable visual loss in persons of working age. A reduction by one-third or more in new blindness due to diabetes has been adopted as one of the key 5-year targets in the St Vincent declaration,1 and the best way to achieve this aim is a national strategy of screening for diabetic retinopathy. In this article we review the rationale and supporting evidence for a screening programme for diabetic retinopathy. We also debate the arguments for and against the screening modalities that are currently used in the UK.
Authors: D M Squirrell, J F Talbot
Institution: Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2090777308