Development and Progression of Retinopathy after Inpatient Management of Diabetes

Objective: To examine factors that affect the development of retinopathy after short-term inpatient management of diabetes. Patients and Methods: The subjects were 143 patients with type 2 diabetes who were admitted for inpatient management of diabetes, and did not have retinopathy of the right eye at admission, and had an HbA1c level of ≥8.0%. We studied the characteristics of patients who developed retinopathy within one year after discharge....