Hospital stays and costs of telemedical monitoring versus standard follow-up for diabetic foot ulcer: an open-label randomized controlled study

Background Two randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have previously shown that telemedical monitoring of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) reduces the number of visits to the outpatient clinic, without losing treatment efficacy or increasing costs. Here we present the results of an open-label, randomised controlled trial designed to investigate whether telemonitoring, provided by an expert nurse (with... Continue Reading →

Postoperative healing of limb sparing amputations is impacted by discharge destination @umich

Excellent work from our colleagues at Big Blue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of discharge destination on diabetes-related limb salvage surgery outcomes post-hospitalisation. This was a single-centre, observational, descriptive study of 175 subjects with diabetes who underwent limb salvage surgery of a minor foot amputation or wide incision and debridement... Continue Reading →

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