Abstract

To screen patients with a history of diabetes using MII Ret Cam assisted smartphone-based fundus imaging (MSFI) in the hospital setting in North India. This is an observational study conducted at a single tertiary teaching hospital between 1 May to 31 November 2022. A total of 268 subjects with diabetes were included. Out of 268 subjects (536 eyes) screened during the study period. 86 patients (154 eyes) were found to have diabetic retinopathy (DR). Severity of DR revealed proliferative diabetic retinopathy to be the most common (n=84 eyes, 54.5%), followed by mild NPDR in 26 eyes (16%) and moderate NPDR in 24 eyes (15%) while severe NPDR in 10 eyes (6.5%) and very severe NPDR was found in 8 eyes (5.2%) and diabetic papillopathy in 2 eyes. Grading of vitreous hemorrhage revealed Grade 1 in one eye (1.8%); Grade 2 in 19 eyes (34.54%) ; Grade 3 in 33 eyes (60%) and Grade 4 in 2 eyes (3.63%). Grading of macular edema a as Grade 1 in 33 eyes (34.37%) and Grade 2 in 63 eyes (65.62%).