id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-330017-t14o7rua Galiero, Raffaele The Importance of Telemedicine during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Focus on Diabetic Retinopathy 2020-10-14 .txt text/plain 3666 179 38 New evidence and technological improvements in telemedicine application in diabetic retinopathy (DR) have demonstrated efficacy and usefulness in screening. However, the deployment of device and digital application used to increase screening of individuals and monitor progression of retinal disease needs to be easily accessible to general practitioners. In fact, during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the mandatory social distancing imposed to prevent the outspread of infection, the use of telemedicine in diabetes monitoring has been remarkably increasing. Thanks to these tools, screening has been extended to a much larger portion of diabetic subjects, and the comparison between telemedicine and standard fundus oculus exam has revealed a good efficacy from the use of nonmydriatic cameras both in terms of sensitivity and specificity [43] . New evidence and technological improvement of devices have made telemedicine a useful solution for diabetic retinopathy screening. ./cache/cord-330017-t14o7rua.txt ./txt/cord-330017-t14o7rua.txt