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Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Introduction and Assessment

For more details and references on each risk factor, see Appendix - Risk Factors ... Smoking increases the risk of diabetic foot amputation: A meta-analysis.

Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

The 2015 Cochrane meta-analysis [39] calculated the relative risk ... AIM: Hard-to-heal diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) may increase the risk of amputation.

Diabetic Foot Ulcers - Clinical Guidelines and Quality Measures

Meta-analysis suggested that TOT significantly increased the likelihood of ... reference adherence measure, among people with diabetes at high risk of foot ...

Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Treatment

2CNegative pressure wound therapy may be used to promote healing of refractory DFUs or postoperative wounds, such as post-amputation wounds (Grade 2C). See ...

Arterial Ulcer - Introduction and Assessment

... smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease) or family history of PAD. Smoking: increases the risk of PAD by 2- to 4 ...

Arterial Ulcer - Treatment

... See 'Algorithm 1' in topic "Diabetic Foot Ulcer Associated with Infection - Management"; For patients with hemodynamic instability, immediate

Arterial Ulcers - Guidelines and Quality Measures

There is consensus that mechanical offloading of a diabetic foot ulcer is the cornerstone of healing. Over 75% of patients who are provided with Off Weight ...

Venous Ulcers - Treatment and Prevention

... Venous Leg Ulcers (VLU) are relatively common, affecting 1% of the population in the U

Radiation-Induced Cutaneous Damage - Wound Reference

2BFor patients undergoing radiotherapy and at high-risk of acute radiation injuries, clinicians might opt to have patients apply silver sulfadiazine cream 1% ( ...

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