Development and Progression of Retinopathy after Inpatient Management of Diabetes

Autor: Osamu Hasegawa, Satoshi Kato, Tatsuya Saito, Hisahiko Sekihara, Satsuki Kawasaki, Shinobu Satoh, Haruko Ishio, Yasuo Terauchi, Harumi Fukushima, Hidetoshi Yamashita
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Internal Medicine. 45:1267-1271
ISSN: 1349-7235
0918-2918
Popis: Objective: To examine factors that affect the development of retinopathy after short-term inpatient management of diabetes. Patients and Methods: The subjects were 143 patients with type 2 diabetes who were admitted for inpatient management of diabetes, and did not have retinopathy of the right eye at admission, and had an HbA1c level of ≥8.0%. We studied the characteristics of patients who developed retinopathy within one year after discharge. Results: Between the admission date and one year after discharge, twenty-six patients developed retinopathy and the retinopathy subsequently regressed in 5 patients. The 26 patients who developed retinopathy had a significantly longer duration of diabetes (p
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