Applicability of American and British Criteria for Screening of the Retinopathy of Prematurity in Thailand
โ Scribed by Adisak Trinavarat; La-ongsri Atchaneeyasakul; Suthipol Udompunturak
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-5155
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## Abstract The diagnostic value of peripheral retinal photography in screening for retinopathy was assessed in 100 eyes from 95 diabetic patients following pharmacological mydriasis. Polaroid prints of the central 45ยฐ field and of 4 peripheral fields were assessed by a consultant ophthalmologist.
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 in developing countries are available. We compared the performance of screening by retinal photography with that of indirect op