Clinical care of the diabetic foot

Book 2015

"The third edition of Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot has been fully revised and updated, and continues to be the essential handbook on foot care and the treatment of the diabetic foot.The diabetic foot is typically the victim of nerve damage, micro- and macrovascular disease, and faulty healing, mechanisms that without proper care can lead to amputation. More than 80,000 diabetes-related amputations are performed in the United States each yea...

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Diabetes Complications

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ISBN:

9781580405706
1580405703

Edition:

Third edition

Description:

viii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Foreword
Pathogenesis of diabetic foot complications / Andrew J.M. Boulton
The comprehensive diabetic foot examination and risk assessment / Andrew J.M. Boulton
Shoes and insoles for at-risk people with diabetes / Jan S. Ulbrecht and Peter R. Cavanagh
Ulcer assessment and classification / Nicolaas C. Schaper
Offloading the diabetic foot wound / Stephanie Wu and David G. Armstrong
Debridement of the diabetic foot / Andrew J. Meyr, John S. Steinberg, Paul Kim, and Christopher Attinger
Adjunctive wound therapies / Katherine Baquerizo Nole, Paul E. Banwell, Julia Escandon, and Robert Kirsner
Dressings and local wound care for people with diabetic food wounds / R. Gary Sibbald, James Elliott, and Elizabeth A. Ayello
The diabetic charcot foot: recognition, evaluation, and management / Lee C. Rogers, Robert G. Frykberg, and Lee J. Sanders
Infection in the diabetic foot /Edgar J. G. Peters and Benjamin A. Lipsky
Evaluation and management of peripheral arterial disease / Joseph L. Mills
Interdisciplinary team approach to targeted diabetic food care / David G. Armstrong, Nicholas Giovinco, and Joseph L. Mills

Control Number:

1584398

Other Authors:

American Diabetes Association
Armstrong, David G., 1969- editor
Lavery, Lawrence A., 1960- editor

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