Using non-mydriatic fundus photography to detect fundus pathology in Australian metropolitan emergency departments: A prospective prevalence and diagnostic accuracy study.
Hamish P DunnKai Zong TeoJames Wp SmythLakni S WeerasingheJulia CostelloPreethi PampapathiLisa KeayTim GreenMatthew VukasovicBeau B BruceNancy J NewmanValérie BiousseAndrew J WhitePeter McCluskeyClare L FraserPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2020)
Fundus photography detects a clinically significant proportion of fundus pathology and urgent diagnoses. Telehealth specialist image review is important to detect some important, time-critical illnesses that can be missed in routine care. This offers an accurate alternative to direct ophthalmoscopy that warrants further research in Australian EDs.