OBJECTIVE—To develop a screening protocol for detection of sight-threatening diabetic
retinopathy in south India. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We performed …

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an emerging preventable cause of blindness in India. All India
Ophthalmology Society (AIOS) and Vitreo-Retinal Society of India (VRSI) have initiated …

Purpose: To report the spectrum of retinopathy at first presentation to photoscreening
services, to determine the proportion of patients that present with sight-threatening diabetic …

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the occurrence of diabetic retinopathy in
targeted screening diabetic patients (Group I) with newly diagnosed diabetic patients in …

Background: The severity of diabetic retinopathy is well known to have a close association
with the duration of diabetes mellitus. Patients with recently diagnosed diabetes should have …

Aims There is a need for continuous evaluation of screening services for diabetic retinopathy
against agreed performance standards. We describe a quality assurance programme …

Diabetes has emerged as a major public health problem in India. It is estimated that there
were 40 million persons with diabetes in India in 2007 and this number is predicted to rise to …

Aim: To present an analysis of a screening model for diabetic retinopathy and compare the
results of screening between rural and urban populations. Methods: Between June 2003 …

Objective Diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of visual impairment after
cataract and uncorrected refractive error. It has major public health implications globally …

Although regular screening for diabetic retinopathy with ophthalmoscopy or retinal
photography is widely recommended in the United States and Europe, few reports of its use …