INTRODUCTION Some studies have reported that diabetic patients do not adhere well to the foot care recommendations. Reasons for non-adherence are less evident and the methods used in education programs may have an effect. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare the effects of lecture method and combined method of education on foot care of patients and healing rates of diabetic fo...

Introduction: Foot complications are a major cause of hospitalization in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM), which consumes high number hospital days because multiple surgical procedures and prolonged length stay. Patients DM have up to 25% lifetime risk developing foot ulcer, precedes amputation 85% cases. A mainstay Diabetic Ulcer (DFU) therapy is debridement all necrotic, callus, fibrous t...

This study aims to determine the relationship between foot care knowledge and risk of ulcers in Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients. type research is quantitative using a cross-sectional design. The results showed that most DM patients had moderate (68.2%) with an average injuries (63.5%). In conclusion, there no significant about developing diabetic ulcers.
 
 Keywords: Knowledge, Foot C...

Background: The wound dressings perform a crucial role in cutaneous wounds management due to their ability protect and promote dermal epidermal tissue regeneration. Aim: the aim was evaluate effectiveness of using hydrogel/nano silver-based dressing vs. traditional on diabetic foot healing. Methods: Sixty patients with type-2 diabetes hospitalized for treatment were recruited from selected Surg...

AIM To examine the efficacy and safety of prostaglandin E(1) incorporated into lipid microspheres (lipo-PGE(1)), Palux Injection, in patients with diabetic foot ulcers classified as ischemic, neuropathic, or neuroischemic at 108 medical institutions throughout Japan. METHODS A prospective observational study. RESULTS The safety and efficacy of the drug were analyzed in 388 and 280 patients,...

AIMS To determine clinical outcomes and explore prognostic factors related to ulcer healing in people with a clinically infected diabetic foot ulcer. METHODS This multicentre, prospective, observational study reviewed participants' data at 12 months after culture of a diabetic foot ulcer requiring antibiotic therapy. From participants' notes, we obtained information on the incidence of wound ...

BACKGROUND The total contact cast is considered to be an effective method of off-loading a diabetic non-infected pressure ulcer. However complications have been reported in 1 to 15% of cases, e.g. prolonged healing of the ulcer. Debridement with modern dressings has been reported to be effective in promoting wound healing; however there have been few reported studies of the combination of moder...

OBJECTIVE Our objectives were to 1) estimate the prevalence of diabetes and diabetic lower-extremity ulcers in the Medicare population, 2) characterize Medicare population-specific costs for lower-extremity ulcer episodes, and 3) evaluate potential cost savings associated with better healing of lower-extremity ulcers. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Prevalence and costs of diabetic lower-extremit...

OBJECTIVE Prediction of diabetic foot ulcer outcome may be helpful for clinicians in optimizing and individualizing management strategy. The aim of the present study was to examine the possibility of predicting the outcome of patients with diabetic foot ulcers by using easily assessed clinical and laboratory parameters at baseline. DESIGN In this observational study, data were collected prosp...