ReviewJournal of diabetes research2020
The Importance of Telemedicine during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Focus on Diabetic Retinopathy.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and knowledge mapping on ICT-based remote and automatic COVID-19 patient monitoring and care.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
- Facilitators of and Barriers to Accessing Hospital Medical Specialty Telemedicine Consultations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Chinese Patent Medicines on Ocular Fundus Signs and Vision in Calcium Dobesilate-Treated Persons With Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Epigenetic Mechanisms in Type 2 Diabetes Retinopathy: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Telemedicine technologies and applications in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Health informatics journalPooled it
- The relationship between renal function and surgical outcomes of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Trial
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- Association between macular edema area on optical coherence tomography and Amsler grid sensitivity in diabetic macular edema: a cross-sectional study.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
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- Eyecatcher 3.0 - Validating the Use of "Smart Glasses" as a Low-Cost, Portable Method of Assessing Visual Fields.Translational vision science & technology · 2025Article
- Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes: From Pathophysiology to Lifestyle Modifications.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic with HbA1c Testing and Complication Screening in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.Yonsei medical journal · 2024Article
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- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rates and predictors of missed hospital appointments in multiple outpatient clinics of The Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman: a retrospective study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- An Optical Coherence Tomography-Based Measure as an Independent Estimate of Retinal Function in Retinitis Pigmentosa.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Advances and Perspectives in Relation to the Molecular Basis of Diabetic Retinopathy-A Review.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Insights into the liver-eyes connections, from epidemiological, mechanical studies to clinical translation.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Review
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- Use of telemonitoring in patient self-management of chronic disease: a qualitative meta-synthesis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Review
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22 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Recently, telemedicine has become remarkably important, due to increased deployment and development of digital technologies. National and international guidelines should consider its inclusion in their updates. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mandatory social distancing and the lack of effective treatments has made telemedicine the safest interactive system between patients, both infected and uninfected, and clinicians. A few potential evidence-based scenarios for the application of telemedicine have been hypothesized. In particular, its use in diabetes and complication monitoring has been remarkably increasing, due to the high risk of poor prognosis. New evidence and technological improvements in telemedicine application in diabetic retinopathy (DR) have demonstrated efficacy and usefulness in screening. Moreover, despite an initial increase for devices and training costs, teleophthalmology demonstrated a good cost-to-efficacy ratio; however, no national screening program has yet focused on DR prevention and diagnosis. Lack of data during the COVID-19 pandemic strongly limits the possibility of tracing the real management of the disease, which is only conceivable from past evidence in normal conditions. The pandemic further stressed the importance of remote monitoring. However, the deployment of device and digital application used to increase screening of individuals and monitor progression of retinal disease needs to be easily accessible to general practitioners.
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