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Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Introduction and Assessment

For more details and references on each risk factor, see Appendix - Risk Factors ... Perceived Concerns of Patients at Risk for Lower Extremity Amputation.

Building a Limb Preservation Program: Traditional and ...

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Arterial Ulcer - Introduction and Assessment

... For a patient education handout, see topic "Patient Education - Arterial Ulcer"

Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

... patients who have a major lower extremity amputation have death rates approaching 50%. ... Adverse outcomes related the risk of infection stands at the forefront ...

Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Treatment

Identifies risk factors for development of DFU, and complications such as lower extremity amputation, delayed healing, and infections; Differentiates from other ...

Venous ulcers - Introduction and Assessment

This topic covers the Introduction and Assessment of venous leg ulcers (VLU) including epidemiology, risk factors, etiology, pathophysiology, history, physical ...

How to Assess a Patient with Chronic Wounds

Cachexia: risk factor for pressure ulcer/injury [12]; History of cancer; Immunosuppression: may delay wound healing and increase susceptibility to infection.

Arterial Ulcer - Treatment

... lower extremity amputation, delayed healing, and infections ... Patients with infected AUs are at particularly high risk for major limb amputation ...

Venous Ulcers - Treatment and Prevention

This topic covers management of venous leg ulcers (VLU) including treatment, prevention and a section for clinicians on patient education.

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections And Fournier's Gangrene

... amputation among patients with NSTI. The most ... Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) protocol for patients with diabetes with lower extremity ulcers.

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