
Diabetes management 3: the pathogenesis and management of diabetic foot ulcers
Diabetes management 3: the pathogenesis and management of diabetic foot ulcers
The final part in this three-part series on diabetes looks at causes, management and complications of diabetic foot ulcers.This article comes with a handout for a journal club discussion
Two frequent features of diabetes are peripheral vascular disease leadingto ischaemic lower limb extremities, and sensory neuropathy, which renders the patient prone to foot injury and vulnerable to the development of diabetic footulcers. This final article in our three-part series on diabetes describes the clinical features of the diabetic foot and discusses the importance of early assessment and effective management.
Citation:Nigam Y, Knight J (2017) Diabetes management 3: the pathogenesis and management of diabetic foot ulcers. Nursing Times [online]; 113: 5, 51-54.
Authors:Yamni Nigam is associate professor in biomedical science; John Knight is senior lecturer in biomedical science; both at the College of Human Health and Science, Swansea University.
This article has been double-blind peer reviewed
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In this series, read part 1 here and part 2 here
Diabetes is a costly disease that takes a heavy toll both on patients and families, as well as on healthcare resources. It is estimated to affect around 3.2million people in the UK and to take up a tenth of the NHS budget (Hex et al, 2012). Disease of the foot is one of th
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