Tag: PCORI

Personalized Offloading Treatments for Healing Plantar Diabetic Foot Ulcers @alpslimb #DiabeticFoot #ActAgainstAmputation @NIDDK

Important and subtle work from Gustav Jarl and coworkers in Sweden and Australia. It speaks to the trend to be doing things with our patients and not to them. Background: Non-removable knee-high devices are the gold-standard offloading treatments to heal plantar diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). These devices are underused in practice for a variety of reasons.... Continue Reading →

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Information about foot care provided to people with diabetes with or without their partners: Impact on recommended foot care behavior @alpslimb #DiabeticFoot #ActAgainstAmputation #Education

Great, pragmatic work from Reaney, Gladwin and Churchill. Information about foot care provided to people with diabetes with or without their partners: Impact on recommended foot care behavior. Think about this the next time you're educating your patient and his/her family! Matthew Reaney 1, Thomas Gladwin 1 2 3, Susan Churchill 1 Background: Many people with diabetes will develop foot ulcers. To reduce... Continue Reading →

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The patient’s perspective of diabetic foot ulceration: A phenomenological exploration of causes, detection and care seeking @tzewoeitan @ALPSLimb

Great work from Crocker, Tan, Palmer and Marrero from the University Arizona that might help to chart a path forward into -- what a great concept-- listening to our patients! Abstract Aims: Diabetic foot ulceration can contribute to lowered life expectancy and quality of life for people with diabetes, and yet, scant attention has been given... Continue Reading →

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Barriers to Prevention and Timely Presentation of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Perspectives of Patients from a High-risk Urban Population in the United States

Barriers to Prevention and Timely Presentation of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Perspectives of Patients from a High-risk Urban Population in the United States This from our long time SALSAmigos, Loretta Vileikyte, Jeff Gonzalez and coworkers Abstract: Diabetic foot amputation is a preventable complication that is increasing in incidence in the United States, with disparities across geography,... Continue Reading →

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