Letter to the Editor February 01, 2015 February 01, 2015

Retinopathy in patients with hipertension and/or diabetes in a family health unit

DOI: 10.5935/0034-7280.20150013

We would like to stress the importance of adequate examination through direct ophthalmoscopy in the screening and management of patients with hypertension and diabetes; as mentioned in the article Retinopathy in patients with hypertension and/or diabetes in a family health unit, this test gives general practitioners more control over the clinical course of their patients and leads to more accurate referrals of patients to ophthalmologists(1) […].