title: [The non-mydriatic camera as a screening method in diabetics in Tarragona].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study is to present the results of the first year of using a non-mydriatic fundus camera. We performed an evaluation of its usefulness and problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  During the first year of using the non-mydriatic fundus camera we evaluated 3,272 type II diabetic patients who were not being controlled in the hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The diabetic retinopathy was observed in 164 patients (5.01%), the mild form in 70 patients (2.14%). Diabetic macular oedema was observed in 41 patients (1.25%). In 119 patients (3.63%) the retinography could not be interpreted and were referred to the hospital; 113 patients also were referred due to other pathologies; the largest group of these patients had age-related macular disease or age-related macular degeneration (42 patients). Finally, 458 patients (13.99%) required mydriatic eye-drops.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The non-mydriatic fundus camera is a useful technique for assessing the presence of diabetic retinopathy, particularly in patients with poor ophthalmic control. This technique may enable us to diagnose these patients who need laser treatment.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan de Reus, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Rovira y Virgili, Tarragona. romeropere@gmail.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romero-Aroca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sagarra-Álamo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Traveset-Maeso
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández-Balart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baget-Bernaldiz
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ramos Domínguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000473:pathology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain