Browsing by Author "Coria, Marcelo"

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    Chile necesita mejores estadísticas y mayor cobertura en tamizaje de retinopatía diabética
    (2017) Covarrubias, Trinidad; Oyarte, Marcela; Cabieses, Báltica; Coria, Marcelo
    Es de conocimiento general que la Retinopatía Diabética (RD) es la segunda causa de ceguera en el mundo y la primera en personas en edad laboral, es decir entre los 18 y 64 años1. A su vez, la RD es la principal complicación de la Diabetes Mellitus (DM), cuya prevalencia en Chile y el mundo ha ido en continuo aumento. Específicamente, Chile lidera la prevalencia de RD en América Latina. Pese a su gran importancia, actualmente el país no cuenta con información cuantitativa precisa, sistemática, ni actualizada sobre el número de pacientes ciegos por RD. Por esta razón, quienes investigamos en este tema debemos aproximarnos a estas estimaciones desde lo disponible en encuestas de base poblacional.
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    Tamizaje en el diagnóstico y prevalencia de retinopatía diabética en atención primaria
    (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017) Cobarrubias, Trinidad; Delgado, Iris; Rojas, Daniel; Coria, Marcelo
    Background: Diabetic retinopathy is the first cause of blindness during working years. Aim: Provide knowledge of screening coverage, prevalence and level of diabetic retinopathy in patients that belong to the Cardiovascular Health Program in primary care. Material and Methods: Analysis of retinographies performed to 9076 diabetic patients aged 61 ± 13 years (61% women) adscribed to a Cardiovascular Health program in primary care centers of South-East Metropolitan Santiago. The examination was carried out by the evaluation of retinographies by trained optometrists. Results: The coverage of the screening program was 21%. The prevalence of sight threatening diabetic retinopathy was 3,1%. The prevalence of these entities was 45% higher in people aged between 18 and 44 years than in older people. Their prevalence in urban communities was 32% higher than in rural locations. Conclusions: The coverage of the screening program is low. Diabetic patients aged 18 to 44 years and those coming from urban communities have a higher prevalence of severe non-proliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

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