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Diabetic foot ulcer--a prospective study.
OBJECTIVE To detect "Feet at Risk" early, its early diagnosis and treatment of foot ulceration to prevent amputation. SETTING AND METHOD One hundred patients with diabetic foot problems were seen at Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology from 06-01-97 to 14-04-99. Each Patient was examined for peripheral pulses, sensations and reflexes, for dryness of skin, deformity, callus and nai...
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It is estimated that approximately 15% of diabetic people world-wide will at some stage develop diabetic foot ulceration. The prevalence of active foot ulceration varies from approx‐ imately 1% in certain European and North American studies to more than 11% in reports from some African countries (table 1). Although there have been many developments in recent years which encourage optimism for f...
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Diabetic foot problems are common throughout the world, resulting in major medical, social and economic consequences for the patients, their families, and society. Foot ulcers are more likely to be of neuropathic origin, and therefore eminently preventable. People at greatest risk of ulceration can easily be identified by careful clinical examination of the feet: education and frequent follow-u...
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OBJECTIVE The ability of readily available clinical information to predict the occurrence of diabetic foot ulcer has not been extensively studied. We conducted a prospective study of the individual and combined effects of commonly available clinical information in the prediction of diabetic foot ulcer occurrence. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We followed 1,285 diabetic veterans without foot ulc...
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Background: Epidemiological characteristics of diabetic foot infection in our region are not clear. The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiological features of diabetic foot infection in Babol, north of Iran. Methods: From March, 2005 to April, 2010, the epidemiological features of 450 cases of diabetic foot infection treated in two main teaching hospitals of Babol Medical Univer...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.519