Publications by authors named "P Namperumalsamy"
With ever-growing prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its most common microvascular complication diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Indian population, screening for DR early for prevention of development of vision-threatening stages of the disease is becoming increasingly important. Most of the programs in India for DR screening are opportunistic and a universal screening program does not exist. Globally, telemedicine programs have demonstrated accuracy in classification of DR into referable disease, as well as into stages, with accuracies reaching that of human graders, in a cost-effective manner and with sufficient patient satisfaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To report the results of a glaucoma screening campaign targeting first-degree relatives of glaucoma patients in South India.
Methods: 1598 glaucoma patients were contacted via letter or letter and phone call and asked to bring their siblings and children to a glaucoma screening. Participants underwent standardised eye examinations and completed questionnaires that assessed barriers to participation and awareness of glaucoma risk.