Dermatomycosis in lower limbs of diabetic patients followed by podiatry consultation.

Joint Consultation Clinic by Infectious Diseases Specialists and Podiatry team (ID-POD) Compliments the Care of Diabetic Patients with Foot Infections by Reducing Cost and Decreasing Outpatient Clinic Visits

Diabetic Foot Ulcer

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...

Influence of podiatry on orthopedic surgery at a level I trauma center.

Level I trauma centers frequently see trauma at or below the ankle, which requires consultation with the orthopedic surgery department. However, as podiatry programs begin to firmly establish themselves in more Level I trauma centers, their consultations increase, ultimately taking those once seen by orthopedic surgery. A review of the literature demonstrates that this paradigm shift has yet to...

Skin complications of blood vessel donor limbs and their association with diabetes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Background and Aim: According to the limited clinical observations and researches on cutaneous complications and hair growth changes of donor's site extremities, this study aimed to compare hair growth changes and cutaneous complications of donor's site extremity in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Methods: Patients who attended ...

Does Open Access Improve the Process and Outcome of Podiatric Care?

BACKGROUND Open access to clinics is a management strategy to improve healthcare delivery. Providers are sometimes hesitant to adopt open access because of fear of increased visits for potentially trivial complaints. We hypothesized open access clinics would result in decreased wait times, increased number of podiatry visits, fewer no shows, higher rates of acute care visits, and lower minor am...