Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
Duration: 80 minutes
Program ID: 210 | Purchase Price: $105.00 (DVD)
This program focuses on the important role General Practitioners and other primary health care providers can play in the prevention of vision impairment and blindness due to diabetic retinopathy.
The program covers information on the risk factors associated with diabetic retinopathy, the timing and frequency of eye examinations such as visual acuity, non-mydriatic and mydriatic colour fundus photography and pupil dilation.
Latest management and treatment strategies including the risks and benefits of laser therapy, fluorescein angiography and vitrectomy are also discussed.
Program Presenters
- Chair: Dr Norman Swan - Presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National
- Dr Ralph Audehm - General Practitioner, Melbourne, VIC.
- Mr Peter Colman - Director, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Dr Alex Harper - Ophthalmologist, Eye Health Promotion Unit at the Centre for Eye Research
Broadcast Dates
This program was first broadcast on the Foundation's satellite network on Saturday 25 May 2002.
