Optometrists, through their clinical education, training, experience, and broad geographic distribution, have the means to provide primary eye
and vision care for the American public. They are often the first health care practitioners to examine patients with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) or ocular manifestations of DM. This Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of the Patient with Diabetes Mellitus provides optometrists examination and management recommendations to preserve vision and to reduce the risks of vision loss in patients with DM through timely diagnosis and appropriate referral and intervention. |