Abstract:Introduction: End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) have higher incidence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) which both diagnoses and quantifies degree of macular edema is gold standard for evaluating macular thickness.
Materials and methods: We studied 30 patients, with DR who were treated with hemodialysis for ESRD. All patients underwent OCT examination 30 minutes before and after a hemodialysis session. Blood pressure (… Show more
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