Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers and their risk factors among patients attending the National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Genetics (Amman, Jordan). Materials and Methods: A systematic random sample of 1,000 diabetic patients was selected from patients attending the diabetes clinic at the National Center for Diabetes, Endo...

UNLABELLED Reliable measures of wound size are critical to wound healing research and clinical management. Measurement of full-thickness wounds is increasingly being done using digital images and photogrammetric software, such as VeVMD (Vista Medical, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), to estimate wound volume. The reliability of VeVMD in determining wound volume is unknown. The present study sought ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether a strategy of aggressive cardiovascular risk management reduced the mortality associated with diabetic foot ulceration. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS After an initial audit of outcomes demonstrating a high mortality rate in 404 diabetic foot ulcer patients with the first ulceration developing between 1995 and 1999, a new aggressive ca...

This study aims to explore nurses' experience treating ulcers in grades 3 and 4 make it a standard SOP. research method is qualitative with an action approach. The results of the resulted five themes, namely comprehensive treatment grade diabetic ulcers, X-ray examination role infrared ozone management culture ulcers. 4, health education on pillars diabetes mellitus, 3, In conclusion, Operation...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the virulence potential of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from diabetic foot ulcers and to discriminate noninfected from infected ulcers. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Diabetic patients hospitalized in a diabetic foot department with a foot ulcer were prospectively enrolled if they had been free of antibiotic treatment over the previous ...

Background Diabetic patients at high risk for foot ulceration are often prescribed with custom-made therapeutic footwear. However, the evidence base to support the use of this footwear for ulcer prevention is still meagre [1]. The lack of offloading efficacy may play a role in this. In-shoe plantar pressure assessment is a valuable tool for evaluating footwear and guiding modifications to optim...

BACKGROUND Kiwifruit (Actindia Deliciosa) is demonstrated to have antibacterial and pro-angiogenic effects. It also contains proteolytic enzymes (actinidin) and ascorbic acid. In this study, the effects of Kiwifruit on neuropathic diabetic foot ulcer healing in clinical settings were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this randomized clinical trial of 37 patients (17 in experimental and 20 i...

Nonhealing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a common and costly complication of diabetes. Microbial burden, or "bioburden," is believed to underlie delayed healing, although little is known of those clinical factors that may influence microbial load, diversity, and/or pathogenicity. We profiled the microbiomes of neuropathic nonischemic DFUs without clinical evidence of infection in 52 individua...

AIMS To identify better cells for the treatment of diabetic critical limb ischemia (CLI) and foot ulcer in a pilot trial. METHODS Under ordinary treatment, the limbs of 41 type 2 diabetic patients with bilateral CLI and foot ulcer were injected intramuscularly with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs), bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BMMNCs), or normal saline (NS). RESULTS The...