RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The internist’s role in managing diabetic retinopathy: Screening for early detection
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 151
OP 158
VO 71
IS 2
A1 Stephen H. Sinclair
A1 Cherie Delvecchio
YR 2004
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/2/151.abstract
AB Although laser treatment keeps vision damaged by diabetic retinopathy from becoming worse, it only rarely improves vision. If primary care physicians wait until the patient complains of blurred vision, it is too late—there is already permanent retinal injury, and the lost vision almost never can be restored. Unfortunately, only half of patients with diabetes undergo an appropriate examination every year. Only by teamwork between primary care physician and ophthalmologist can blindness from diabetic retinopathy be reduced.