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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 [41] 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

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

Arterial Ulcer - Introduction and Assessment

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Arterial Ulcer - Treatment

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

Arterial Ulcers - Guidelines and Quality Measures

Diabetic foot ulcer quality measures are also included, as arterial ulcers frequently present with mixed etiology (ischemic and neuropathic). For CMS MIPS ...

Venous Ulcers - Treatment and Prevention

Venous Leg Ulcers (VLU) are relatively common, affecting 1% of the population in the U.S. This topic discusses treatment and prevention of VLU.

Radiation-Induced Cutaneous Damage - Treatment, Prevention ...

Adequate wound care is recommended as initial step. 2BFor patients undergoing radiotherapy and at high-risk of acute radiation injuries, clinicians might opt to ...

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