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1 online resource (473 pages) |
| Series |
Practical Diabetes |
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Practical Diabetes
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| Contents |
The Foot in Diabetes; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; 1 Epidemiology and Economic Impact of Foot Ulcers; 2 The Epidemiology of Amputations and the Influence of Ethnicity; 3 Diabetic Neuropathy; 4 Microcirculation and Diabetic Foot; 5 The Pathway to Ulceration: Aetiopathogenesis; 6 What the Practising Clinician Should Know About Foot Biomechanics; 7 The Description and Classification of Diabetic Foot Lesions: Systems for Clinical Care, for Research and for Audit; 8 Providing a Diabetes Foot Care Service: Lessons from the Veterans Health Affairs in the United States |
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9 Providing a Diabetic Foot Care Service: The Exeter Integrated Diabetic Foot Project10 The Diabetic Foot in Primary Care: A UK Perspective; 11 Psychological and Behavioural Issues in Diabetic Foot Ulceration; 12 Education in the Management of the Foot in Diabetes; 13 Infection of the Foot in Persons with Diabetes: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Microbiology, Clinical Presentation and App; 14 Challenges in the Infected Diabetic Foot: Osteomyelitis and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; 15 Dressings: Is There an Evidence Base? |
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16 New and Alternative Treatments for the Diabetic Foot: Stem Cells and Gene Transfer17 An Introduction to Larval Therapy; 18 New and Alternative Treatments for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Hormones and Growth Factors; 19 Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Diabetic Foot; 20 Interventional Radiology in the Diabetic Foot; 21 Peripheral Vascular Disease and Reconstruction; 22 Charcot Foot: What's New in Pathogenesis and Medical Management?; 23 The Operative Treatment of Charcot Neuroarthropathy of the Foot and Ankle; 24 Surgery for Ulceration and Infection in the Diabetic Foot |
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25 Conventional Offloading and Activity Monitoring26 Amputations in the Diabetic Foot; 27 Rehabilitation of the Amputee with Diabetes; 28 Footwear for People with Diabetes; 29 New Casting Techniques: Introduction to the 'Instant Total Contact Cast'; 30 New Technologies in Wound Healing: Pressure-Relieving Dressings; 31 Negative Pressure Wound (VAC) Therapy; 32 The Diabetic Foot in Brazil; 33 Recent International Developments: India; 34 Recent International Developments: Africa; 35 The International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot |
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36 'The Organisation of Diabetic Foot Care': Evidence-Based Recommendations37 Primary Care: Delivery/Translation of Guidelines into Practice; 38 Practical Aspects of Establishing a Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic; 39 Practical Issues in Diabetes Foot Care: Podiatry -- Linking Primary and Secondary Care; 40 Algorithms for Assessing Risks for Ulcerations and Amputations; Conclusions; Index; Color Plates |
| Summary |
Since the publication of the third edition of The Foot in Diabetes, there have been important developments in the field of diabetic foot care and its scientific basis, including: The introduction of new technologies such as vacuum therapy, new casting techniques, the use of hormones and growth factors in wound healing; Advances in the understanding of the biomechanics of foot problems; Increased problems with multidrug-resistant organisms; The introduction of new international guidelines for the management of foot infections; Significant progress in the use of cytokines, metalloproteinase in |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Foot -- Blood-vessels -- Diseases.
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Foot -- Surgery.
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Diabetes -- Complications.
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Diabetes Complications
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Foot Diseases -- etiology
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Foot Diseases -- therapy
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MEDICAL -- Podiatry.
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Diabetes -- Complications
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Foot -- Blood-vessels -- Diseases
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Foot -- Surgery
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Diabetes mellitus.
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Voeten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cavanagh, Peter R
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Rayman, Gerry
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| ISBN |
9780470029367 |
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0470029366 |
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