Search for dissertations about: "Diabetic Retinopathy: diagnosis"

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  2. 1. Health economic aspects of diabetic retinopathy

    Author : Emelie Heintz; Lars-Åke Levin; Ann-Britt Wiréhn; Josephine Mauskopf; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; diabetes; diabetic retinopathy; health economic evaluations; quality-adjusted life years; costs; quality of life; prevalence;

    Abstract : To ensure that the resources of the health care sector are used effectively, new technologies need to be evaluated before implementation to examine if they generate health outcomes at an acceptable cost. This information can be collected by performing health economic evaluations in which the costs and health outcomes of different technologies are compared. READ MORE

  4. 2. Long term complications in juvenile diabetes mellitus

    Author : Maria Nordwall; Johnny Ludvigsson; Knut Borch-Johnsen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes mellitus type 1; diabetic retinopathy; diabetic nephropathy; diabetic neuropathy; epidemiology; C-peptide; Diabetology; Diabetologi;

    Abstract : Background/aim. The incidence of microvascular complications has been reported to be unchanged the last decades. However, in randomized clinical trials it has been shown that improved metabolic control can reduce the development of long term complications. READ MORE

  5. 3. Diabetes Mellitus at the Time for Diagnosis : Studies on Prognostic Factors

    Author : Mats Martinell; Jan Stålhammar; Johan Hallqvist; Mozhgan Dorkhan; Claes-Göran Östenson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; New-onset Diabetes Mellitus; socioeconomic position; epidemiology; diabetes complications; diabetic retinopathy; cellular immunology; diabetes classification; type 2 diabetes; latent autoimmune diabetes in adults LADA ; type 1 diabetes; Allmänmedicin; Family Medicine; Endokrinologi och Diabetologi; Endocrinology and Diabetology;

    Abstract : The aim for this thesis was to identify prognostic factors for chronic diabetes complications that exist at the time of diabetes diagnosis.Low level of education (... READ MORE

  6. 4. Hyperglycaemia and diabetic eye complications - a clinical and epidemiological study

    Author : Marianne Henricsson; Oftalmologi (Malmö); []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; mortality; blindness; cataract surgery; oral antihyperglycaemic agents; hyperglycaemia; insulin treatment; non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; diabetic retinopathy; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Ophtalmology; Oftalmologi;

    Abstract : Aim: To study the relationship between hyperglycaemia and the onset/progression of retinopathy, blindness/moderate visual impairment or death, as well as the impact of improved glycaemic control on retinopathy in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Methods: Between January 1990 and October 1995 a total of 3,220 diabetic patients were enrolled in a programme for control and screening for retinopathy. READ MORE

  7. 5. Early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy by mass examinations in primary health care

    Author : Lars B Bäcklund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : amaurosis - amine oxidase copper-containing - benzylamine - blindness - diabetes mellitus complications - diabetic retinopathy - Estonia - HbA1c - he services - services research - hemoglobin A; glycosylated - incidence - mass screening - methylamine - photo graphy - physicians; family - prevalence - population - primary health care - prospective studies - registries - rehabilitation centers - semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase SSAO -Sweden - vascular adhesion protein- I - vision screening - vision; subnormal - visual acuity;

    Abstract : The general objective of this thesis was to describe a system for fundus photography for early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy, performed by mobile teams visiting primary health care centres in Stockholm County. Large-scale implementation showed this method to be feasible, acceptable, and popular. READ MORE