Background: Diabetic foot infection is the most common complication of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) leading to amputation. The treatment requires special attention to disease conditions, proper diagnosis, appropriate sampling for cultures, careful selection of antibiotics, rapid determination of the patient’s need for surgical intervention, and wound care. Clearly a systematic approach or, if poss...

PURPOSE To provide the specialist in skin and wound care with evidence-based guidelines for care of the person with a diabetic foot ulcer. TARGET AUDIENCE This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in wound care and related disorders. OBJECTIVES After reading this article and taking this test, the reader should be able to: 1. Describe the patho...

Background: Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to a high rate of complications. Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), leading to significant morbidity. However, DFU can be prevented and managed through education of patient foot care. Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and practice routines of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) regarding foot care. Methods: A questionnaire was de...

OBJECTIVE To determine 1) foot ulcer rates for European, South-Asian, and African-Caribbean diabetic patients in the U.K and 2) the contribution of neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) differences to altered ulcer risk between the groups. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this U.K. population-based study, we screened 15,692 type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients in the community health ...

Diabetic foot diseases affects almost 6.3 percent of world wide diabetic population which includes neuropathies, ischemia, infections and ulcers. High risk factor for poor control, neuropathy, deformity, high plantar pressure previous history amputation. Early screening with patient education basic care advise can prevent the onset Treatment ulcer requires regular debridement non healing ulcer,...

OBJECTIVE Recurrence of plantar foot ulcers is a common and major problem in diabetes but not well understood. Foot biomechanics and patient behavior may be important. The aim was to identify risk factors for ulcer recurrence and to establish targets for ulcer prevention. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS As part of a footwear trial, 171 neuropathic diabetic patients with a recently healed plantar ...

UNLABELLED  Objective. This study was aimed at identifying factors that affect the healing of foot ulcers among patients with type 2 diabetes, focusing on the evaluation of oxidative stress-one marker of the inflammatory response. METHODS A cross sectional study comprised of 96 subjects who were divided into 6 groups (16 subjects in each group). The groups were classified as non-diabetic con...

Diabetic foot ulcer classification systems use the presence of wound infection (bacteria present within wound) and ischaemia (restricted blood supply) as vital clinical indicators for treatment prediction healing. Studies investigating automated computerised methods classifying diabetic wounds are limited due to a paucity publicly available datasets severe data imbalance in those few that exist...

Skin disorders are common in diabetic patients and may also act as clues for diagnosis in undiagnosed cases. These manifestations may be summarized in five categories including non-infectious, infectious, treatment-related and miscellaneous manifestations as well as diabetic foot ulcer. The most common non-infectious disorder occurring in up to 70% of patients is diabetic dermopathy. Infectio...

OBJECTIVE The aim was assessment of diabetic foot ulcer risk factors according to International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) consensus. METHODOLOGY All referred patients with diabetes were divided into four groups based on IWGDF criteria (without neuropathy, with neuropathy, neuropathy with deformity or vascular disorders, foot ulcer or amputation history). RESULTS Mean age of...