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Identifying and treating foot ulcers in patients with diabetes: saving feet, legs and lives
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Identifying and treating foot ulcers in patients with diabetes: saving feet, legs and lives

Karen Ousey, Paul Chadwick, Arkadiusz Jawień, Gulnaz Tariq, Harikrishna K Ragavan Nair, José Luis Lázaro-Martínez, Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts, Paulo Alves, Stephanie Wu and Zena Moore
Journal of wound care, Vol.27(Sup5)
2018
PMID: 29738280

Abstract

There has been a great deal of debate around diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and pressure ulcers (PUs) on the feet of patients with diabetes, in terms of how to define, detect, assess and treat them. The confusion and lack of evidence in differentiating between these two types of foot ulcers, particularly on the heel, can lead to misdiagnosis, which can increase both financial and patient-related costs...

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.168 Vascular, Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
1.168.699 Peripheral Arterial Disease
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Dermatology
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Clinical Medicine
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