Importance of telemedicine in diabetes care: Relationships between family physicians and ophthalmologists

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the worldwide leading cause of legal blindness. In 2010, 1.9% of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients were legally blind and 10.2% had visual impairment. The control of DM parameters (glycemia, arterial tension and lipids) is the gold standard for preventing DR complications,...

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Published inWorld journal of diabetes Vol. 6; no. 8; pp. 1005 - 1008
Main Authors Romero-Aroca, Pedro, Sagarra-Alamo, Ramon, Pareja-Rios, Alicia, López, Maribel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 25.07.2015
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Diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy screening
Telemedicine
Clinical decisions support system
Family physicians
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Summary:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the worldwide leading cause of legal blindness. In 2010, 1.9% of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients were legally blind and 10.2% had visual impairment. The control of DM parameters (glycemia, arterial tension and lipids) is the gold standard for preventing DR complications, although, unfortunately, DR still appeared in a 25% to 35% of patients. The stages of severe vision threading DR, include proliferative DR (6.96%) and diabetic macular edema (6.81%). This review aims to update our knowledge on DR screening using telemedicine, the different techniques, the problems, and the inclusion of different professionals such as family physicians in care programs.
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Author contributions: All the authors equally contributed to this work.
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Correspondence to: Pedro Romero-Aroca, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Sant Joan, University Rovira i Virgili, Institut de Investigació Sanitaria Pere Virgili, Avda, Doctor Josep Laporte 2, 43202 Reus, Spain. romeropere@gmail.com
ISSN:1948-9358
1948-9358
DOI:10.4239/wjd.v6.i8.1005