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National Knowledge Week on Diabetic Retinopathy
National Knowledge Week on Diabetic Retinopathy
The Diabetes Specialist Library has recently updated their National Knowledge Week on diabetic retinopathy with all the evidence that has been published since the last update in June 2007.
Knowledge updates are available under the following sub topics of diabetic retinopathy:
- Incidence and prevalence of diabetes (new evidence)
- Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and sight threatening diabetic retinopathy (new evidence)
- Epidemiology and progression of diabetic retinopathy (new evidence)
- Factors influencing the development of diabetic retinopathy and sight threatening diabetic retinopathy (new evidence)
- Screening for diabetic retinopathy (new evidence)
- Conventional treatment for diabetic retinopathy
a) Laser (new evidence)
b) Vitrectomy (new evidence)
- Surgery for cataract and diabetic retinopathy (new evidence)
- Alternative surgical treatment for diabetic retinopathy
a) Intravitreal injection of Triamcinolone (new evidence)
b) Intravitreal injection of VEGF Inhibitors (new evidence)
- Modern medical therapies (new evidence)
- Blindness and visual impairment (new evidence)
- Assessment of Retinopathy by automated computer algorithm (new topic)
- Do Once and Share Project on Diabetic Eye Disease
- Diabetic retinopathy in Europe
- Replies to frequently asked questions
For further information on the NLH Diabetes Specialist Library National Knowledge Week on diabetic retinopathy click here.