Improvement of diabetic foot care after the Implementation of the International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot (ICDF): Results of a 5-year prospective study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-158

  Anichini, Roberto ^a   Zecchini, Franco ^a   Cerretini, Ivano ^b   Meucci, Giuseppe ^c   Fusilli, Daniela ^a   Alviggi, Lorenzo ^a   Seghieri, Giuseppe ^a   De Bellis, Alessandra ^c  

^a Ospedale Civile di Pistoia   (Italy)

^b Unit of Epidemiology and General Administrative Direction of AUSL n3   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetic foot; Implementation; International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; ITALY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845389113     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Reiber G.E. Epidemiology of Foot Ulcerations and Amputation in Diabetes. 6th ed. (2001), Mosby Press, St. Louis
2. Reiber G.E., Lipsky B.A., and Gibbons G.W. The burden of diabetic foot ulcers. Am. J. Surg. 176 (1998) 5-10
3. H.E. Resnick, E.A. Carter, R. Lindsay, S.J. Henly, F.K. Ness, T.K. Welty, et al., Relation of lower-extremity amputation to all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study 27 (2004) 1286-1293.
4. Jeffcoate W.J., and Harding K.G. Diabetic foot ulcers. Lancet 361 (2003) 1545-1551
5. World Health Organization (Europe) and International Diabetes Federation. Diabetes care and research in Europe: the Saint Vincent Declaration. Diabet. Med. 7 (1990) 360
6. Apelqvist J., Ragnarson-Tennvall G., Persson U., and Larsson J. Diabetic foot ulcers in a multidisciplinary setting an economic analysis of primary healing and healing with amputation. J. Intern. Med. 235 (1994) 463-471
7. Ragnarson-Tennvall G., and Apelqvist J. Prevention of diabetes-related foot ulcers and amputations: a cost-utility analysis based on Markov model simulations. Diabetologia 44 (2001) 2077-2087
8. Rayman G., Krishnam S.T.M., Wareham A., Rayman A., and Baker N.R. Are we underestimating diabetes-related lower-extremity amputation rates?. Diabetes Care 27 (2004) 1892-1896
9. Anichini R., De Bellis A., Cerretini I., Rapana M., Meucci G., Zecchini F., et al., A Collaboration between General Practitioner and Diabetologist in the Implementation of International Consensus on Diabetic Foot (ICDF). Can reduce the number of major amputations in diabetic subjects. Diabetes 51 2 (2002) 1035P A255
10. van Houtum W.H., Rauwerda J.A., Ruwaard D., Schaper N.C., and Bakker K. Reduction in diabetes-related lower-extremity amputations in The Netherlands: 1991-2000. Diabetes Care 27 5 (2004) 1042-1046
11. Bild D.E., Selby J.V., Sinnock P., Browner W.S., Braveman P., and Showstack J.A. Lower extremity amputation in people with diabetes: epidemiology and prevention. Diabetes Care 12 (1989) 24-31
12. van Houtum W.H., and Lavery L.A. Outcomes associated with diabetes-related amputations in The Netherlands and in the state of California, USA. J. Intern. Med. 240 (1996) 227-231
13. Wrobel J.S., Mayfield J.A., and Reiber G.E. Geographic variation of lower-extremity major amputation in individuals with and without diabetes in the Medicare population. Diabetes Care 24 (2001) 860-864
14. Vaccaro O., Lodato S., Mariniello P., and De Feo E. Diabetes-related lower extremity amputations in the community: a study based on hospital discharge diagnoses. Nutr. Metab. Cardiovasc. Dis. 12 6 (2002) 331-336
15. Romagnoli F., Carle F., Boemi M., Gesuita R., Scaradozzi M., Bandoni G., et al. Diabetes and non-traumatic lower extremity amputation in a region of central Italy. Diab. Nutr. Metab. 16 (2003) 155-159
16. Muller I.S., de Grauw W.J., van Gerwen W.H., Bartelink M.L., van Den Hoogen H.J., and Rutten G.E. Foot ulceration and lower limb amputation in type 2 diabetic patients in Dutch primary health care. Diabetes Care 25 (2002) 570-574
17. Karakoc A., Ersoy R.U., Arslan M., Toruner F.B., and Yetkin I. Change in amputation rate in a Turkish diabetic foot population. J. Diab. Complicat. 18 (2004) 169-172
18. Moulik P.K., Mtonga R., and Gill G.V. Amputation and mortality in new-onset diabetic foot ulcers stratified by etiology. Diabetes Care 26 (2003) 491-494
19. Jeffcoate W.J., and van Houtum W.H. Amputation as a marker of the quality of foot care in diabetes. Diabetologia 47 (2004) 2051-2058
20. Larsson J., Apelqvist J., Agardh C.D., and Stenstrom A. Decreasing incidence of major amputation in diabetic patients: a conseguence of a multidisciplinary foot care team approach?. Diabetes Care 12 (1995) 770-776
21. International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot, International Consensus on Diabetic Foot, International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot, Press, Amsterdam, 1999.
22. Wild S., Roglic G., Green A., Sicree R., and King H. Global prevalence of diabetes: estimates for 2000 and projections for 2030. Diabetes Care 27 (2004) 1047-1053
23. Apelqvist J., and Larsson J. What is the most effective way to reduce incidence of amputation in the diabetic foot?. Diabetes Metab. Res. Rev. 16 (2000) S75-S83
24. Gottrup F. Management of the diabetic foot: surgical and organisational aspects. Horm. Metab. Res. 37 (2005) 69-75
25. Calle-Pasqual A.L., Garcia-Torre N., and Moraga I. Epidemiology of nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation in Area 7, Madrid, between 1989 and 1999. Diabetes Care 24 (2001) 1686-1689