Recently added articles from The Diabetic Foot:
Something good is going to happen: who should screen?
Jun 22, 2008 ... By the time this journal reaches you a remarkable event will have taken place. Scotland is a large country with a relatively small population and I have worked there for nearly 15 years. Since devolution health matters have been constitutionally Scottish and separate from England, it has ...
Quality of life aspects associated with diabetic foot ulcers: a review.
Jun 22, 2008; Gilpin, Helen ... It has been reported that people with diabetes have a poorer quality of life (QoL) than people without chronic illness (Rubin and Peyrot, 1999). Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the major complications associated with diabetes and have been shown to impact hugely on an individual's QoL ...
High-risk foot care is necessary for people in residential care.(Clinical report)
Jun 22, 2008; Housley, Amanda ... Diabetes guidelines in the UK recommend an annual foot assessment for all people with diabetes but it is difficult to achieve this in elderly people in 'residential care' subjects. Those living in residential care homes are in a supervised environment and many have relative immobility that ...
Screening and ulcer management: part of a service delivery drive.
Jun 22, 2008; Stang, Duncan ... For many years, diabetes services in Scotland (including diabetic foot screening and ulcer management) have been delivered in a variety of care settings, with the information regarding treatment carried out being stored locally, and the ability to audit and share this information being ...
Quality of life and ulcer healing: the role of orthotics.
Jun 22, 2008; Brown, Syd ... Orthotists have a key role to play in the multidisciplinary footcare team. They are responsible for providing the footwear that will offload pressure from an ulcer, allowing dressings to work as effectively as possible in promoting healing. Their role is to assess and realign ...
How might biofilms affect dressing choice for the diabetic foot?
Jun 22, 2008; Rodgers, Alison ... Chronic wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers, are colonised by micro-organisms. In the person with diabetes-where the immune response is impaired-this poses a major challenge, with control of infection being recognised as an important aspect of wound management. [ILLUSTRATION ...
A honey-based dressing for diabetic foot ulcers: a controlled study.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; Jeffery, Saini ... This study's objective was to establish the efficacy of a honey-based dressing in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. A well-known moisture-retention dressing was used as the control dressing, and factors influencing wound healing were controlled. There was no significant difference in ...
Foot forum: in association with Foot in Diabetes UK.(united kingdom)(Interview)
Jun 22, 2008 ... The idea of the Foot forum is to disseminate some of the discussion threads generated on the Foot in Diabetes UK (FDUK) Internet discussion forum to a wider readership. It will also act as a noticeboard for important announcements for healthcare professionals involved in the care of people ...
Everything counts but graft surveillance does not always predict graft failure.(Article DIGEST)(Clinical report)
Jun 22, 2008 ... Graft surveillance should allow intervention before perfusion fails and therefore prevent the recurrence of critical limb ischaemia and possible amputation. Carter et al (summarised to the left) describe their prospective study of graft surveillance. During an 18-month period, over 21% of ...
Clinic-based measures predict adverse outcomes.(JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
Jun 22, 2008; K, Winkley ... 1. This prospective, population-based cohort study aimed to assess how clinic-based measures of diabetes and foot status at baseline predict adverse outcomes at 18 months in people presenting with their first diabetic foot ulcer. Adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, without severe ...
Graft surveillance does not identify lesions.(ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2008; A, Carter ... 1. Graft surveillance identifies which grafts are at risk of failure, but there is controversy over which grafts benefit most from surveillance. 2. This study aimed to investigate the natural history of graft failure following myointimal hyperplasia and to identify risk factors ...
Assessing footwear may improve prevention and healing of ulcers.(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2008; Harrison ... 1. Foot ulceration is a common complication of diabetes and can be caused by ill-fitting shoes. This study investigated the proportion of people with diabetes who wear inappropriate footwear. 2. One-hundred people with diabetes aged 24-89 years attending the general clinic had ...
Exercise is beneficial on foot perfusion.(DIABETIC MEDICINE)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
Jun 22, 2008; Williams ... 1. This study looked at the effect of brief exercise on changes in foot perfusion in people with peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) and with or without diabetes. People were classified according to the presence or absence of diabetes, PAOD and peripheral neuropathy. 2 ....
Reduced incidence of amputations.(DIABETES CARE)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2008; C, Trautner ... 1.In order to assess the incidence of amputations in Leverkusen, Germany, between 1990 and 2005, complete lists of non-traumatic lower limb amputations from all three city hospitals were obtained. 2. Of 692 people with an amputation, 72% were diagnosed with diabetes and 58% were ...
Wound healing is not delayed in people with diabetes.(DIABETES CARE)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2008; Krishnan ... 1.Few studies have investigated microvascular dysfunction, neuropathy, and abnormal cellular and inflammatory responses as factors in delayed wound healing in people with diabetes. 2. This study compared 12 individuals without diabetes with 12 people who had type 2 diabetes and ...