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Objective Measurements of the Retinal Vessels

1967; American College of Physicians; Volume: 67; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-67-6-1346

1539-3704

Alex M. Burgess,

Retinal and Optic Conditions

Editorial Notes1 December 1967Objective Measurements of the Retinal VesselsALEX. M. BURGESS JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.ALEX. M. BURGESS JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-67-6-1346 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOne of the many arts that together make up the "art of medicine" is the ability to base hard decisions on soft data. We often forget how blunt some of the tools of medicine are, and we place side by side, almost without a thought, measurements in micrograms and in fingerbreadths. Fortunately, our clinical needs usually are met to a passable extent by approximations and estimates. The epidemiologist and the clinical investigator, on the other hand, find that the lack of precision and reproducibility characterizing many clinical measurements gives trouble in making close comparisons, plotting distribution curves, and combining the...References1. Arterial Hypertension and Ischaemic Heart Disease, Preventive Aspects. Report of an Expert Committee. Technical Report Series No. 231. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1962, p. 7. Google Scholar2. BURGESSFEJFARKAGAN AMZA: Arterial Hypertension and Ischaemic Heart Disease: Comparison in Epidemiological Studies. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1963, p. 32. Google Scholar3. KAGANAURELLDOBREEHARAMCKENDRICKMICHAELSONSHAPERSUNDARESANTIBBLIN AEJKCIGTG: A note on signs in the fundus oculi and arterial hypertension: conventional assessment and significance. Bull. WHO 34: 955, 1966. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. KAGANAURELLTIBBLIN AEG: Signs in the fundus oculi and arterial hypertension—unconventional assessment and significance. Bull. WHO 36: 231, 1967. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Institute for Health Sciences Brown University Providence, R. I. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRetinal image analysis: Concepts, applications and potentialRetinal vascular image analysis as a potential screening tool for cerebrovascular disease: a rationale based on homology between cerebral and retinal microvasculaturesRetinal Microvascular Abnormalities and their Relationship with Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, and MortalityFamilial Retinal Arteriolar Tortuosity with Retinal Hemorrhage 1 December 1967Volume 67, Issue 6Page: 1346-1347KeywordsClinical epidemiologyReproducibilityRetinal vessels Issue Published: 1 December 1967 PDF downloadLoading ...