Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• BEST, R M
• CHAKRAVARTHY, U

Titel

Diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy

Ist Teil von

• British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1997-03, Vol.81 (3), p.249-251

Ort / Verlag

BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Approximately 12% of women with no retinopathy at the start of pregnancy will develop minor background retinopathy consisting of a few microaneurysms but regression in the postpartum period is the norm. 9 Using fluorescein angiography Soubrane et al showed that in women with mild background diabetic retinopathy the number of retinal microaneurysms increased progressively during pregnancy but underwent substantial regression postpartum though not quite returning to preconception levels. 10 On the other hand when pre-existing retinopathy is more severe, proliferative changes can develop in a significant number of cases. [...]in the DIEP study, 29% of patients whose fundal appearance was classified as showing moderate retinopathy at baseline went on to develop proliferative changes during pregnancy.