Delivery of photocoagulation treatment for diabetic retinopathy at a large Australian ophthalmic hospital: Comparisons with national clinical practice guidelines

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-119

  Bamroongsuk, Parapun ^a,b   Yi, Qing ^a   Harper, C Alex ^a   McCarty, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Australia; Clinical practice guidelines; Diabetic retinopathy; Ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0036245079     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-6404.2002.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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