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Article: Diabetic foot ulcers pose challenge for caregivers.
- Article from:
- Disease State Management
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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Diabetic foot ulcers pose challenge for caregivers
Many untreated wounds lead to amputation
Foot ulceration is the main reason for hospital admissions among patients with diabetes mellitus in the United States and Europe. One source says 6% of people with diabetes are hospitalized annually in the United States for foot ulcers..sup.1
And, says David Armstrong, DPM, assistant professor, Department of Orthopedics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, 25% of all hospital admissions of diabetics in the United States and Britain are the result of infected foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers, if not promptly identified and ...