Screening Guidelines for Diabetic Retinopathy
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1992)

Clinical Guideline15 April 1992Screening Guidelines for Diabetic RetinopathyAmerican College of Physicians, American Diabetes Association, American Academy of OphthalmologyAmerican College of Physicians, American Diabetes Association, American Academy of OphthalmologyAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-116-8-683 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDiabetic retinopathy is a highly specific vascular complication of both type I and type II diabetes mellitus. The prevalence of retinopathy is strongly related to the duration of diabetes. By 20 years after the onset of diabetes, nearly all patients with type I diabetes and more than 60% of patients with type II diabetes have some degree of retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy poses a serious threat to vision. In the Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy (WESDR), 3.6% of patients with "younger-onset" diabetes (<30 years of age at diagnosis and taking insulin; an operational definition of type I diabetes) and 1.6%... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *These guidelines were prepared by a writing committee comprising Daniel E. Singer, MD; Andrew Schachat, MD; David M. Nathan, MD; Arnall Patz, MD; Richard Kahn, PhD; Lloyd M. Aiello, MD; Ronald Smith, MD; Ernest L. Mazzaferri, MD, FACP; Robert A. Kreisberg, MD, FACP; and Linda Johnson White; and were developed for the 1990-91 Health and Public Policy Committee by the 1990-91 Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee: Harold C. Sox, Jr., MD, FACP, Chair; Philip M. Gold, MD, FACP; Edward J. Huth, MD, MACP; Ernest L. Mazzaferri, MD, FACP; Albert G. Mulley, Jr., MD, FACP; George E. Thibault, MD, FACP; Pierce Gardner, MD, FACP; and John A. Glick, MD, FACP. Members of the Health and Public Policy Committee were: Paul F. Griner, MD, FACP, Chair; H. Denman Scott, MD, FACP; Richard G. Farmer, MD, FACP; Harold C. Sox, Jr., MD, FACP; Quentin D. Young, MD, FACP; Christine K. Cassel, MD, FACP; John Eisenberg, MD, FACP; Steven A. Schroeder, MD, FACP; Jerome P. Kassirer, MD, MACP; Gerald E. Thomson, MD, FACP; and Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., MD, FACP. These guidelines were approved by the Board of Regents on 25 September 1990. Governing Boards of the American Diabetes Association and the American Academy of Ophthalmology also endorsed the guidelines. 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