January 28th 2023
Patients diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy may be particularly vulnerable to periods of low glucose, and keeping glucose levels stable should be an important part of glucose control.
Retrospective study compares AI, teleophthalmology diagnosis for diabetic retinopathy
August 1st 2022While the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the potential of utilizing artificial intelligence in screening for diabetic retinopathy, improvements are still needed as a results of the number of images that are ungradable.
New tool emerges for predicting the risk of vision loss from diabetic retinopathy
July 15th 2022The future risk of the development of new-onset vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy can be predicted using the patient’s retinopathy status and hemoglobin A1c value.
Diabetic retinopathy's effect on early visual outcomes after cataract surgery
May 8th 2022According to an e-poster presented by Jagadesh C. Reddy, MD, and Harini Indusekar, BScOptom, at the ASCRS in Washington, D.C., patients who have pre-existing DR are less likely to achieve Snellen 20/40 or better vison after cataract surgery compared with the patients with diabetes but without DR.
PANOROMA elucidates effects of nonperfusion, leakage areas on DME, complications in NPDR
October 15th 2021W. Lloyd Clark, MD, discusses his presentation at ASRS 2021, "Impact of Nonperfusion and Leakage Areas on Diabetic Macular Edema/Vision-Threatening Complications in Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR)."
PANORAMA study outlines variables to watch when managing NPDR
October 9th 2021During a presentation at the American Society of Retina Specialists 2021 annual meeting in San Antonio, W. Lloyd Clark, MD, presented results of the PANORAMA Study. The focus of the study, Clark said, was to identify the factors that increase the risk of complications in patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy to provide information for making decisions on treatment choices.