ALLMedicine Diabetic Foot Infections Center

Mar 20th, 2020 - Identifying risk factors for mortality is crucial in the management of diabetic foot syndrome. We aimed to evaluate risk factors for mortality in patients with diabetic foot infection (DFI). A retrospective chart review was conducted on 401 patien...

Mar 16th, 2020 - The optimal approaches to managing diabetic foot infections remain a challenge for clinicians. Despite an exponential rise in publications investigating different treatment strategies, the various agents studied generally produce comparable result...

Mar 16th, 2020 - Securing an early accurate diagnosis of diabetic foot infections and assessment of their severity are of paramount importance since these infections can cause great morbidity and potentially mortality and present formidable challenges in surgical ...

Mar 13th, 2020 - This study represents the first Scottish retrospective analysis of the microbiology of diabetic foot infections (DFIs). The aims were to compare the microbiological profile of DFIs treated at a Scottish tertiary hospital to that in the literature,...

Feb 26th, 2020 - To compare the efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) with and without irrigation with 0.1% polyhexanide-betaine. We randomized 150 subjects in a 16-week RCT to compare healing in patients with diabetic foot infections. NPWT delivered ...

Dec 31st, 2016 - Diabetic foot is one of the most common, costly and severe complications of diabetes. Amputation in people with diabetes is 10 to 20 times more common than in people without diabetes and it is estimated that every 30 seconds a lower limb or part o.

Jan 31st, 2016 - Ulceration of the foot in diabetes is a common complication, can be disabling, and frequently leads to amputation of the leg. The lifetime risk for foot ulcers in people with diabetes has been estimated to be 15% to 25%.

May 23rd, 2012 - Foot infections are a common and serious problem in persons with diabetes. Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) typically begin in a wound, most often a neuropathic ulceration. While all wounds are colonized with microorganisms, the presence of infecti...

Jan 31st, 2012 - Specific guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot infections 2011.|2012|Lipsky BA,Peters EJ,Berendt AR,Senneville E,Bakker K,|microbiology,prevention & control,microbiology,prevention & control,

Mar 20th, 2020 - Identifying risk factors for mortality is crucial in the management of diabetic foot syndrome. We aimed to evaluate risk factors for mortality in patients with diabetic foot infection (DFI). A retrospective chart review was conducted on 401 patien...

Mar 16th, 2020 - The optimal approaches to managing diabetic foot infections remain a challenge for clinicians. Despite an exponential rise in publications investigating different treatment strategies, the various agents studied generally produce comparable result...

Mar 16th, 2020 - Securing an early accurate diagnosis of diabetic foot infections and assessment of their severity are of paramount importance since these infections can cause great morbidity and potentially mortality and present formidable challenges in surgical ...

Mar 13th, 2020 - This study represents the first Scottish retrospective analysis of the microbiology of diabetic foot infections (DFIs). The aims were to compare the microbiological profile of DFIs treated at a Scottish tertiary hospital to that in the literature,...

Feb 26th, 2020 - To compare the efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) with and without irrigation with 0.1% polyhexanide-betaine. We randomized 150 subjects in a 16-week RCT to compare healing in patients with diabetic foot infections. NPWT delivered ...

Sep 13th, 2016 - Many patients with diabetic foot infections receive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus antibiotics unnecessarily, according to Kelly Reveles, PharmD, and her associates. Among the 318 patients with diabetic foot infections (DFIs) in the s.

Aug 11th, 2014 - Scientific principles Diabetic foot infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Important risk factors for development of diabetic foot infections include neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, and poor glycemic control.

Apr 22nd, 2013 - Some slow or nonresponding wounds may benefit from selected adjunctive measures such as bioengineered skin equivalents, growth factors, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or negative-pressure wound therapy. Multidisciplinary diabetic foot care teams impro.

May 22nd, 2012 - May 23, 2012 — Correct multidisciplinary treatment of common diabetic foot infections can reduce amputations, according to guidelines for diagnosis and treatment issued by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The new recommendations,...

Jan 4th, 2012 - WASHINGTON -- The FDA has issued an order banning some off-label uses of cephalosporins in cattle, swine, and poultry in order to preserve the effectiveness of the antibiotic class in humans. The order, issued Wednesday by the FDA's Center for Vet...