Management of Diabetic Foot Complications
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Beschreibung
This book explores the challenges of treating foot complications associated with diabetes, a major challenge for societies the world over.
Authors include experienced podiatrists, nurses and doctors, all of whom work in the field of diabetes foot care. The book is divided into prevention and early management, management of major complications, prevention of recurrence and how to structure a team. In each area, the authors describe their practical experiences and discuss how they have addressed clinical challenges.
Management of Diabetic Foot Complications provides useful information for anyone responsible for the care of people with diabetes who may be at risk of developing foot complications.
Public and political concern about the increasing prevalence of diabetes has prompted major concern about treatment of patients with the condition. Foot complications are some of the commonest causes of hospitalisation of people with diabetes and if not treated well often lead to amputation. There is evidence that 85% of these amputations can be prevented by better understanding of the problem and by multi-disciplinary teams working more effectively together. This has been recognised and NICE have recently published guidelines on diabetic foot complications as have Diabetes UK and NHS Diabetes. These have been successful in raising awareness of the problem but the local multi-disciplinary teams need clear practical advice on how to manage the foot in diabetes and deliver high quality care. With the current interest in improving outcomes for patients with foot complications this is an ideal time to make a practical evidence-based handbook available. This book will provide clear practical guidelines on how to manage all aspects of the foot in diabetes as well as an in-depth analysis of the most recent evidence. The book will be based on care pathways with algorithms for each section so it would be of practical value in any clinic in primary or secondary care. It will appeal to a wide range of health care professionals treating people with diabetes: vascular surgeons and trainees, orthopaedic surgeons, diabetes specialist nurses, podiatrists and tissue viability nurses.
A practical handbook based on care pathways, with algorithms for each section
Each chapter is based on five key points and will include a brief introduction, a key facts section, clinical issues and clinical management section
Further reading section at the end of each chapter
Autor*in
Clifford P. Shearman
Themen in »Management of Diabetic Foot Complications«
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