Outpatient Management of Diabetic Hand Infections

Management of diabetic foot infections

Organization committee members Jean-Pierre Chambon, CHRU, Hôpital Claude-Huriez, Lille, Vascular Surgery David Elkharrat, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, Boulogne, Emergency Room Georges Ha Van, Clinique les Trois Soleils, Boissise le Roi, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Agnès Heurtier-Hartemann, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, Endocrinology and Diabetology Fabien Koskas, Hôpital de la Piti...

Factors determining poor prognostic outcomes following diabetic hand infections

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Hand ulcers are seen in a small percentage of patients with diabetes. The predisposing factors of diabetic hand varies between different countries. However, the effects of predisposing factors on prognosis are not clear in diabetic hand infections. In this study, our aim was to determine the effects of predisposing factors on poor prognostic outcomes in patients with di...

Hand infections.

Hand infections are commonly seen by orthopedic surgeons as well as emergency room and primary care physicians. Identifying the cause of the infection and initiating prompt and appropriate medical or surgical treatment can prevent substantial morbidity. The most common bacteria implicated in hand infections remain Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species. Methicillin-resistant S aureus i...

Infections of the hand.

Infections of the Hand

The unique anatomic arrangements in the hand make possible rapid extension of infections through synovial-lined spaces if abscesses are not drained and pressure is allowed to build up. Adequate knowledge of these anatomic features and of routes for surgical drainage is mandatory if one is to give adequate management of hand infections. Localized processes, such as paronychia, felon, and human b...