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ea0023oc6.3 | Oral Communications 6 | BSPED2009

Audit of paediatric diabetic eye screening

Dhillon Navpreet , Farnsworth Adele , Porter Lesley , Shaw Nick , Kirk Jeremy , Hoegler Wolfgang , Barrett Tim

Introduction: NICE recommends annual screening for diabetic retinopathy in children with type 1 diabetes aged over 12 years and/or with duration of diabetes over 5 years. This audit aimed to evaluate patient attendance for retinopathy screening, to identify the prevalence of retinopathy and maculopathy and to ascertain characteristics of patients.Methods: This was a retrospective audit of patients attending for eye screening from January 2008 to April 20...