Diabetic Foot - Mortality
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Friday, March 19, 2010

A 15-year experience with combined vascular reconstruction and free flap transfer for limb-salvage.

8 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the results and complications of combined simultaneous arterial re-vascularisation and free flap transfer in patients with critical limb ischaemia and large soft-tissue defects that would otherwise have required major ... Read more...

Long-term prognosis of diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia: a population-based cohort study.

15 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term prognosis of critical limb ischemia (CLI) in diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 564 consecutive diabetic patients were hospitalized for CLI from January 1999 to December 2003; 554 were ... Read more...

Mortality risk of Charcot arthropathy compared with that of diabetic foot ulcer and diabetes alone.

3 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare mortality risks of patients with Charcot arthropathy with those of patients with diabetic foot ulcer and those of patients with diabetes alone (no ulcer or Charcot arthropathy). RESEARCH DESIGN AND ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Diabetic Foot - Mortality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A 15-year experience with combined vascular reconstruction and free flap transfer for limb-salvage. 8 Jul 2009
• Long-term prognosis of diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia: a population-based cohort study. 15 Feb 2009
• Mortality risk of Charcot arthropathy compared with that of diabetic foot ulcer and diabetes alone. 3 Feb 2009
• Complexity of factors related to outcome of neuropathic and neuroischaemic/ischaemic diabetic foot ulcers: a cohort study. 25 Nov 2008
• Mortality rates and diabetic foot ulcers: is it time to communicate mortality risk to patients with diabetic foot ulceration? 30 Oct 2008
• Taking the next step in 2005, the year of the diabetic foot. 13 Oct 2008
• Can major amputation rates be decreased in diabetic foot ulcers with hyperbaric oxygen therapy? 23 Jul 2008
• Long-term outcome and disability of diabetic patients hospitalized for diabetic foot ulcers: a 6.5-year follow-up study. 2 Apr 2008
• Does the proximity of an amputation, length of time between foot ulcer development and amputation, or glycemic control at the time of amputation affect the mortality rate of people with diabetes who undergo an amputation? 28 Feb 2008
• [The follow-up results of patients with necrotic suppurative forms of diabetic foot syndrome] 30 Dec 2007
• Guest Editorial: are diabetes-related wounds and amputations worse than cancer? 29 Nov 2007
• Risk factors associated with adverse outcomes in a population-based prospective cohort study of people with their first diabetic foot ulcer. 30 Oct 2007
• Characteristics of patients with diabetic foot in Mombasa, Kenya. 30 May 2007
• [Limb salvage for the diabetic foot - disease management program] 29 Apr 2007
• [The necrotizing fasciitis of the leg in diabetic patients] 27 Feb 2007
• An off-the-shelf instant contact casting device for the management of diabetic foot ulcers: a randomized prospective trial versus traditional fiberglass cast. 27 Feb 2007
• For the patient. Diabetes-related deaths in Lagos, Nigeria. 30 Dec 2006
• Prognostic indices of diabetes mortality. 30 Dec 2006
• [Purulent and necrotic complications of diabetic foot syndrome and their reflection in ICD-10 and standards of insurance medicine] 30 Dec 2006
• Necrotizing soft-tissue infection of a limb: clinical presentation and factors related to mortality. 30 Jul 2006

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Technical information about 'Diabetic Foot'

Definition: Common foot problems in persons with DIABETES MELLITUS, caused by any combination of factors such as DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; and INFECTION. With the loss of sensation and poor circulation, injuries and infections often lead to severe foot ulceration, GANGRENE and AMPUTATION.

Descriptor UI: D017719

Alternative terms: Diabetic Foot; Foot, Diabetic; Diabetic Feet; Feet, Diabetic; Foot Ulcer, Diabetic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.907.320.191; C17.800.893.592.450.200; C19.246.099.500.191; C19.246.099.937.250;

History Note: 94

Technical Notes: coordinate IM with specific type of diabetes mellitus (IM) if pertinent