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Diabetic foot ulcers

Nursing Standard, 1999
Nurses caring for people with diabetes can have an impact on the assessment and treatment of diabetic foot problems. This article describes a simple staging system to help in this important work.
M, Edmonds, M, Wilson, A, Foster
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Diabetic foot disease

International Journal of Angiology, 2000
The authors review the impact, areas of influence, and treatment protocols for diabetic foot disease.
, Knox, , Dutch, , Blume, , Sumpio
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The Diabetic Charcot Foot

Current Diabetes Reviews, 2012
Charcot neuroarthropathy (CN) is a devastating condition affecting the feet in patients with diabetes. The pathophysiology of (CN) is still incompletely understood, although main etiological components have been identified. The cornerstone of treatment of acute CN is immediate effective offloading, typically with total contact casting, and reduction in
Dissanayake, Sanjay U.   +2 more
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The neuropathic diabetic foot

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007
Diabetic foot problems are common throughout the world, and result in major medical, social and economic consequences for the patients, their families, and society. Foot ulcers are likely to be of neuropathic origin and, therefore, are eminently preventable.
Haris M, Rathur, Andrew J M, Boulton
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Overview of the diabetic foot

Seminars in Vascular Surgery, 2003
HE INCIDENCE and prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to increase in the United States to epidemic levels, with 800,000 new cases diagnosed annually. I Equally alarming is the in­ creasing prevalence of diabetes-related compli­ cations. For example, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among persons with diabetes has almost tripled in the past decade ...
Cameron M, Akbari   +3 more
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[The diabetic foot].

Minerva medica, 1991
The rise in the mean age and the increase in diabetes have frawn the surgeon's attention to gangrene of the lower limb which requires a multidisciplinary approach (doctor, surgeon, prosthesis specialist). Contrary to the concept of high thigh amputation, the possibility of carrying out a lumbar sympathectomy has encouraged the idea of a more distal ...
Vadala G.   +5 more
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Diabetic Foot Disease

Endocrine Practice, 2006
To review the spectrum of foot problems in patients with diabetes and the underlying etiologic factors.In this review, the term "diabetic foot disease" (DFD) will be used (previously referred to as simply "diabetic foot"). The relevant anatomy of the foot is discussed, the clinical evaluation and severity of DFD are outlined, and the role of both ...
Nidal A, Younes, Azmi T, Ahmad
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Care of the diabetic foot

Journal of Wound Care, 1997
An update on the assessment and treatment of foot lesions in people with diabetes
E A, Knowles, N J, Jackson
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Diabetic foot syndrome

Orvosi Hetilap, 2011
Diabetes mellitus contributes to a number of disorders that can affect the quality of life. Amongst this diabetic foot syndrome and diabetic foot ulceration are serious secondary complications of diabetes mellitus. Persons with diabetic foot ulceration have an increased risk of amputation.
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The diabetic foot—An update

Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2008
Despite an improvement in our understanding of the aetiopathogenesis of diabetic foot problems in the last 2 decades, the 21st Century epidemic of type 2 diabetes will ensure that the incidence of foot problems will continue to increase in the diabetic population.
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