Assessment and management of inpatients with acute diabetes-related foot complications: Room for improvement

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 229-233

  Lawrence, S M ^a   Wraight, P R ^a   Campbell, D A ^a   Colman, P G ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic foot; Evidence based medicine; Infection; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT ULCER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942536603     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0903.2004.00590.x     Document Type: Review

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