Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Nonparaneoplastic Autoimmune Retinopathy Using a Modified Delphi Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To develop diagnostic criteria for nonparaneoplastic autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) through expert panel consensus and to examine treatment patterns among clinical experts.

Design

Modified Delphi process.

Methods

A survey of uveitis specialists in the American Uveitis Society, a face-to-face meeting (AIR Workshop) held at the National Eye Institute, and 2 iterations of expert panel surveys were used in a modified Delphi process. The expert panel consisted of 17 experts, including uveitis specialists and researchers with expertise in antiretinal antibody detection. Supermajority consensus was used and defined as 75% of experts in agreement.

Results

There was unanimous agreement among experts regarding the categorization of autoimmune retinopathies as nonpa

SUBMITTER: Fox AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4969197 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature