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If one follows the assumption that management of patients with diabetic retinopathy begins with an appropriate history and clinical examination then the purpose of ancillary diagnostic testing should be to add value to evaluation of the patient. Examples of such value may be to provide patient education to gain compliance with treatment recommendations (blood sugar control); to decide when additional intervention is beneficial either at baseline (detection of diabetic macular edema) or follow-up (response of diabetic macular edema to therapy); and to help establish prognosis such that appropriate follow-up schedules can be mutually agreed upon. In a research setting, there are additional purposes for ancillary testing but the emphasis in this chapter is on clinical care of patients with diabetic retinopathy. |
