INTRODUCTION: Retinopathy is a frequent complication of diabetes, causing visual impairment in 10% and blindness in 2% of diabetic patients. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical profile of diabetic patients in an ophthalmologic unit in Tijuana, México. METHODS: Retrospective study of a random sample of 500 clinical charts of patients with diabetes who attended the Retina Service of "Fundación CODET para la Prevención de la Ceguera IBP" Ophthalmologic Center between 2006 and 2010. RESULTS: The main complaint of 58% of patients was decreased visual acuity in first evaluation. Only 6.2% of patients were referred by a health professional. Forty-six percent of the patients had a history of diabetes of at least 15 years. Thirty percent had clinically significant visual impairment at first visit, which was associated with a long history of diabetes and previous eye surgery. Twenty-five percent of these patients who were treated at our clinic experienced visual deterioration due to advanced retinopathy. CONCLUSION: Patients with diabetic retinopathy are referred to ophthalmological service tardily, when visual loss is usually severe and irreversible.
INTRODUCTION:Retinopathy is a frequent complication of diabetes, causing visual impairment in 10% and blindness in 2% of diabeticpatients. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical profile of diabeticpatients in an ophthalmologic unit in Tijuana, México. METHODS: Retrospective study of a random sample of 500 clinical charts of patients with diabetes who attended the Retina Service of "Fundación CODET para la Prevención de la Ceguera IBP" Ophthalmologic Center between 2006 and 2010. RESULTS: The main complaint of 58% of patients was decreased visual acuity in first evaluation. Only 6.2% of patients were referred by a health professional. Forty-six percent of the patients had a history of diabetes of at least 15 years. Thirty percent had clinically significant visual impairment at first visit, which was associated with a long history of diabetes and previous eye surgery. Twenty-five percent of these patients who were treated at our clinic experienced visual deterioration due to advanced retinopathy. CONCLUSION:Patients with diabetic retinopathy are referred to ophthalmological service tardily, when visual loss is usually severe and irreversible.
Authors: Fernando Calzada; Jesús Iván Solares-Pascasio; R M Ordoñez-Razo; Claudia Velazquez; Elizabeth Barbosa; Normand García-Hernández; David Mendez-Luna; José Correa-Basurto Journal: Pharmacognosy Res Date: 2017 Jan-Mar
Authors: Marylyn Morris McEwen; Rogelio Andrès Elizondo-Pereo; Alice E Pasvogel; Irene Meester; Javier Vargas-Villarreal; Francisco González-Salazar Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2017-05-02