On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
Important nationwide data coming out of Australia from our friend Jonathan Shaw and the team. We often talk about the burden of diabetes, but this study puts a hard number on the "time toxicity" of hospitalization. The Bed-Day Burden Let’s look at the raw numbers. People with diabetes are racking up massive excess time in... Continue Reading →
In the face of a rapidly growing global diabetes epidemic, equitable access to foot care services remains a critical issue. The editorial "Delivering Equitable Access to Diabetes Foot Care Services" in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery highlights the significant challenges and disparities in the management of diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) worldwide. The... Continue Reading →
Diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) poses significant health challenges worldwide, often necessitating minor amputations to manage complications like foot ulcers, infections, and gangrene. A recent study published in PLOS ONE by Alahakoon et al. (2024) explores the associations between remoteness of residence, ethnicity, and the risk of major amputation and death following minor amputations to treat... Continue Reading →
from L (Prof. Armstrong, Prof. Dane Wukich (UT Southwestern), Dr. Byron Perrin (Chair), Dr. Katherine Raspovic (UT Southwestern) Armstrong during keynote, Diabetes Feet Australia, 2023 Los Angeles CA, October 12, 2023 – Renowned podiatric surgeon and researcher, Prof. David G. Armstrong, delivered a keynote address at the Diabetes Feet Australia symposium held from 8-10 October... Continue Reading →
Here is an excellent addition to the literature helping us further measure what we manage. The study aimed to describe the habitual physical activity of people with or at risk of diabetes-related foot complications in regional Australia. It involved 22 participants, 11 with a history of ulceration and 11 without. Participants wore a triaxial accelerometer... Continue Reading →
Social determinants of diabetes-related foot disease among older adults in New South Wales, Australia: evidence from a population-based study Background: Diabetes-related foot is the largest burden to the health sector compared to other diabetes-related complications in Australia, including New South Wales (NSW). Understanding of social determinants of diabetes- related foot disease has not been definitive... Continue Reading →
These important data from our Australian SALSAmigos, Zhang and coworkers was published in Diabetes Care.
