Review Article
Diabetic Macular Oedema Guidelines: An Australian Perspective
Table 1
NHMRC recommendations for special groups [
50].
| Population | Screening recommendations | Children with prepubertal diabetes | Puberty | Pregnant women with diabetes | First trimester | Gestational diabetes | Only if diabetes persists postpartum | Indigenous Australians | Yearly | Non-English-speaking backgrounds | Yearly | Vision loss not attributed to DM | Yearly | Poor systemic A1c control | Yearly | Hypertension | Yearly | Hyperlipidaemia | Yearly | Renal disease | Yearly | Long duration of diabetes | Yearly |
| Population | Management recommendations | NPDR detected | Screen every 3–6 months | PDR/DMO detected or unexplained fall in visual acuity | Refer to ophthalmologists within 4 weeks |
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