Reports from Department of Ophthalmology Advance Knowledge in Diagnostics and Screening (Low Rates of Optical Coherence Tomography Utilization in the Diagnosis and Management of Retinovascular Diseases in a Lower Middle-Income Economy).

Keywords: Diagnostics and Screening; Economies; Health and Medicine; Imaging Technology; Optical Coherence Tomography; Technology EN Diagnostics and Screening Economies Health and Medicine Imaging Technology Optical Coherence Tomography Technology 4398 4398 1 08/21/23 20230825 NES 230825 2023 AUG 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- A new study on diagnostics and screening is now available. Four hundred and fifty two eyes (60.9%) had a pre-treatment OCT, 235 eyes (31.7%) had a post-treatment OCT, and 190 eyes (25.6%) had both pre- and post-treatment OCTs. Pre-treatment OCT rate was influenced by clinic location (P = 0.000); higher in clinics having an OCT. Post-treatment OCT was not influenced by clinic location (P = 0.37). [Extracted from the article]