6 voices in 10 minutes: Retinopathy

Authors

  • Claudia Marcela Issa Güemes Sanatorium, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v54i3Sup.290

Keywords:

retinopathy, diabetes, controls

Abstract

6 voices in 10 minutes:  Update on chronic complications

Retinopathy

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is the most frequent cause of new cases of preventable blindness in adults between 20 and 74 years old; it is estimated that more than a third of the patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) have some degree of diabetic retinopathy and the same correlation with the duration of diabetes and glycemic control.

Eye complications related to Diabetes represent, worldwide, a 35.6% in any of its manifestations, being a 7.24% proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), a 7.48%, diabetic macular edema (DME) and an 11.72%, severe compromise of visual acuity loss.

Author Biography

Claudia Marcela Issa, Güemes Sanatorium, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Physician; Coordinator of the Diabetes Service of Sanatorio Güemes

References

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Published

2023-01-10

How to Cite

Issa, C. M. (2023). 6 voices in 10 minutes: Retinopathy. Journal of the Argentine Society of Diabetes, 54(3Sup), 23–23. https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v54i3Sup.290

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 3Sup (2020): September/December 2020

Section

6 voices in 10 minutes part 2

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