Saudi Arabia Guidelines for diabetic macular edema
| العنوان: | Saudi Arabia Guidelines for diabetic macular edema |
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| المؤلفون: | AlQahtani, Abdullah S., Hazzazi, Mohammad A., Waheeb, Saad A., Semidey, Valmore A., Elgendy, Hussein K., Alkhars, Wajeeha I., Abouammoh, Marwan A., Al-Dhibi, Hassan |
| المصدر: | Saudi Medical Journal |
| بيانات النشر: | Saudi Medical Journal, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Consensus, Diabetic Retinopathy, genetic structures, Saudi Arabia, Visual Acuity, Angiogenesis Inhibitors, eye diseases, Macular Edema, Retina, laser, Intravitreal Injections, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, sense organs, Clinical Practice Guidelines, diabetic macular edema, Tomography, Optical Coherence |
| الوصف: | Diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications are major public health burdens in Saudi Arabia. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) is 19.7% and the prevalence of diabetic macular edema (DME) is 5.7% in Saudi Arabia. Diabetic macular edema is a vision-threatening complication of DR and a major cause of vision loss worldwide. Ocular treatments include retinal laser photocoagulation, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents, intravitreal corticosteroids, and vitreoretinal surgery when necessary. The present consensus was developed as a part of the Saudi Retina Group’s efforts to generate Saudi guidelines and consensus for the management of DME, including recommendations for its diagnosis, treatment, and best practice. The experts’ panel stipulates that the treatment algorithm should be categorized according to the presence of central macula involvement. In patients with no central macular involvement, laser photocoagulation is recommended as the first-line option. Patients with central macular involvement and no recent history of cardiovascular (CVS) or cerebrovascular disorders can be offered anti-VEGF agents as the first-line option. In the case of non-responders (defined as an improvement of |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1658-3175 0379-5284 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid________::92766bc1245211d01c59987fb8f325f1Test http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7989293Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.pmid..........92766bc1245211d01c59987fb8f325f1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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