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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;1:4536–4539. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353348

TABLE I.

Structured contextual information for diabetic retinopathy patients

attributes possible values
general clinical context
familial clinical context diabetes, glaucoma, blindness, misc.
medical clinical context arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, protenuria, renal dialysis, allergy, misc.
surgical clinical context cardiovascular, pancreas transplant, renal transplant, misc.
ophthalmologic clinical context cataract, myopia, AMD, glaucoma, unclear medium, cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery, misc.
circumstances, examination and diabetes context
diabetes type none, type I, type II
diabetes duration < 1 year, 1 to 5 years, 5 to 10 years, > 10 years
diabetes stability good, bad, fast modifications, glycosylated hemoglobin
treatments insulin injection, insulin pump, anti-diabetic drug + insulin, anti-diabetic drug, pancreas transplant
eye symptoms before the angiography test
ophthalmologically symptomatic none, systematic ophthalmologic screening - known diabetes, recently diagnosed diabetes by check-up, diabetic diseases other than ophthalmic ones
ophthalmologically asymptomatic none, infection, unilateral decreased visual acuity (DVA), bilateral DVA, Neovascular glaucoma, intra-retinal hemorrhage, retinal detachment, misc.
maculopathy
maculopathy focal oedema, diffuse oedema, none, ischemic