Preface

Contributors

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1

What is Diabetes?   Alexander Wright

2

Diabetic Retinopathy—Reasons for Screening   Margaret Clarke

3

Anatomy of the Eye and the Healthy Fundus   Laurence Quant

4

Diabetes and the Eye   Paul M Dodson

5

Background Diabetic Retinopathy   Laurence Quant

6

Maculopathy   Rebecca Lone

7

Pre-Proliferative and Proliferative Retinopathy   Rebecca Leigh

8

Advanced Diabetic Eye Disease   Karen Whitehouse

9

Other Ophthalmic Lesions in the Fundus   Jonathan M Gibson

10

The Screening Episode—Visual Acuity, Mydriasis, and Digital Photography   David Roy and Jane Pitt

11

How to Grade   Helen C King

12

The Principles of a National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme   Margaret Clarke

13

Programme Administration   Helen C King and Caroline Harrison

14

Models of Screening and IT   Andrew Mills

15

Training and Accreditation for Retinal Screening   Margaret Clarke

16

Medical Management of Diabetic Retinopathy   Paul M Dodson

17

Ophthalmic Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy   Jonathan M Gibson

Appendix

Screening Intervals, Other DR Grading Systems and Visual Acuity Scales

Index