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A clinical study of risk factors associated with amputation in diabetic foot disease patients attending a tertiary care hospital in a rural setting

Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, 2020
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a disease of complications, which is rapidly increasing in prevalence worldwide. The total population affected by diabetes is projected to rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million by 2030.
Taraka Krishna Nulukurthi, Sistla Raj Kumar, Lakshmi Venkata Simhachalam Kutikuppala   +2 more
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Perforated peptic ulcer - an update.

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2017
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) affects 4 million people worldwide annually. The incidence of PUD has been estimated at around 1.5% to 3%. Perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) is a serious complication of PUD and patients with PPU often present with acute abdomen ...
K. T. Chung, V. Shelat
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Inter-rater reliability of the EPUAP pressure ulcer classification system using photographs [PDF]

, 2004
Background. Many classification systems for grading pressure ulcers are discussed in the literature. Correct identification and classification of a pressure ulcer is important for accurate reporting of the magnitude of the problem, and for timely ...
AHCPR, Ayello E.A., Banks V., Bates Jensen B.M., Bours G.J., Calianno C., Cuddigan J., Defloor T., Defloor T., EPUAP, EPUAP, Ferrell B.A., Halfens R.J., Healey F., James H.M., Landis J.R., Lorentzen H.F., Lynn M.R., Maklebust J., Maklebust J., Maklebust J., NPUAP, Pel-Littel R.E., Popping R., Reid J., Reid J., Schoonhoven L., Shea J.D., Stotts N.A., Thomas D.R., Vanderwee K., Zulkowski K.M.   +31 more
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Literature review on the management of diabetic foot ulcer.

World Journal of Diabetes, 2015
Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is the most costly and devastating complication of diabetes mellitus, which affect 15% of diabetic patients during their lifetime.
L. Yazdanpanah, M. Nasiri, S. Adarvishi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease : systematic review. [PDF]

, 2003
Objectives: To ascertain the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and its association with the disease.
Childs, S., Hungin, A. P. S., Raghunath, A., Wooff, D.   +3 more
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Genome-Wide association between EYA1 and Aspirin-induced peptic ulceration

EBioMedicine, 2021
: Background: Low-dose aspirin can cause gastric and duodenal ulceration, hereafter called peptic ulcer disease (PUD). Predisposition is thought to be related to clinical and genetic factors; our aim was to identify genetic risk factors associated with ...
Stephane Bourgeois, Daniel F. Carr, Crispin O. Musumba, Alexander Penrose, Celestine Esume, Andrew P. Morris, Andrea L. Jorgensen, J. Eunice Zhang, D. Mark Pritchard, Panos Deloukas, Munir Pirmohamed   +10 more
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A multicentre prospective randomised controlled clinical trial comparing the effectiveness and cost of a static air mattress and alternating air pressure mattress to prevent pressure ulcers in nursing home residents [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Pressure ulcers are a global issue and substantial concern for healthcare systems. Various types of support surfaces that prevent pressure ulcer are available.
Anrys, Charlotte, Beeckman, Dimitri, Serraes, Brecht, Van Hecke, Ann, Van Tiggelen, Hanne, Verhaeghe, Sofie   +5 more
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Hand, foot and mouth disease

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2011
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is an acute viral illness with a distinct clinical presentation of oral and characteristic distal extremity lesions. Knowledge of this is important for the dentists as the oral lesions are the first clinical signs and ...
Radhika Muppa, Prameela Bhupatiraju, Mahesh Duddu, Arthi Dandempally   +3 more
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EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL JUSTIFICATION WOUND-HEALING EFFECT OF BIOPLASTIC COLLAGEN MATERIAL IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC WOUNDS

Žurnal Grodnenskogo Gosudarstvennogo Medicinskogo Universiteta, 2021
Background. Due to the high prevalence of chronic wounds in patients with diabetes mellitus, the use of effective treatment for them is currently very important. Aim.
Dibirov M. D. , Gadzhimuradov R. U., Gabitov R. B. , Hlutkin A. V.   +3 more
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Prognosis of the infected diabetic foot ulcer: a 12‐month prospective observational study

Diabetic Medicine, 2017
To determine clinical outcomes and explore prognostic factors related to ulcer healing in people with a clinically infected diabetic foot ulcer.
Mwidimi Ndosi, A. Wright-Hughes, S. Brown, M. Backhouse, Benjamin A Lipsky, M. Bhogal, C. Reynolds, P. Vowden, E. Jude, J. Nixon, E. Nelson   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source