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Article: Diabetic foot ulcers challenge for caregivers.
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- Wound Care
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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Diabetic foot ulcers challenge for caregivers
Many untreated wounds lead to amputation
One reason for hospital admissions among patients with diabetes mellitus in the United States and Europe is foot ulceration. According to one source, 6% of people with diabetes admitted to hospitals annually in the United States are there because of a foot ulcer..sup.1 And, says David Armstrong, DPM, assistant professor in the 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 due to infected foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers, if not promptly ...