Make the link between chronic kidney disease, pedal calcification...and even Charcot? This from our SALSAmigos at Washington University, St. Louis. Aims: Determine the prevalence and relative risk of having single and combinations of biomarkers of chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD) syndrome in the diabetic foot from an electronic medical record (EMR) review. Methods: Review of 152... Continue Reading →
Association between Preventive Podiatric Care and Outcomes of New Diabetic Foot Ulceration among Patients with End Stage Renal Disease @USC @KeckSchool_USC, @USC_Vascular @TzeWoeiTan @APMA @ALPSLIMB @VascularCures @VascularSVS
This was just presented by our team at the American Diabetes Association annual symposium. We're thrilled that Tze Woei Tan, lead author, was awarded the Marvin Levin Award for top abstract in its category. The study, the first of its kind, evaluated more than 50,000 patients. Those that received podiatric care prior to developing a... Continue Reading →
Dialysis Treatment is an Independent Risk Factor for Foot Morbidity @cynthiaformosa1 #ActAgainstAmputation #DiabeticFoot
Excellent work by our Maltese colleagues on this important subject that should be front of mind for anyone looking after people with diabetes Schembri N and Formosa, C Aim: To determine the prevalence of foot morbidity among patients with ESRD on dialysis. Methods: A prospective, non-experimental, quantitative time series design was employed. Forty-seven participants were recruited in the... Continue Reading →
More evidence for “renal foot” angiographic findings and outcomes
Superb work from our long-time SALSAmigo, Prof. Luigi Uccioli and his team led by Meloni and coworkers. This confirms previous work by our team that there is indeed foot level as well as a much higher rate of revascularization failure in "RDF" patients compared to their "DF" counterparts.