Managing Diabetic Eye Disease in Clinical Practice

by Rishi P Singh (Editor)

Overview

This handbook is an overview of the diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of diabetic retinopathy, within the context of overall long-term diabetes disease management. Diabetes-related eye damage (diabetic retinopathy) is one of the most common complications of diabetes, affecting approximately 30-40% of people with diabetes. The situation is so severe that in countries such as the US and UK, diabetic retinopathy is currently the leading cause of blindness in people age 20 to 74 years old. Fortunately, there are several existing and emerging treatments on the horizon and with adequate control of the underlying diabetes, this condition can be successfully managed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319083285
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	07/21/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	133
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.91(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr Rishi Singh is a physician in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA. His specialty interests include medical and surgical retina and diabetic retinopathy. He earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in Boston and completed his residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and a vitreoretinal fellowship at the Cole Eye Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Singh’s research interests include the treatment of diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusions, and age-related macular degeneration.

Table of Contents

Impact of diabetic retinopathy.- A basic scientific understanding of diabetic retinopathy.- Diabetic retinopathy screening.- Medical management of diabetic retinopathy.- Diabetes and cataracts.- Diabetes and glaucoma.- Ocular surface disease in diabetes.- Management of diabetic macular edema.- Management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy.- Future therapies.