Preventing diabetic foot ulcer recurrence in high-risk patients: Use of temperature monitoring as a self-assessment tool

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-20

  Lavery, Lawrence A ^a,f   Higgins, Kevin R ^b   Lanctot, Dan R ^b   Constantinides, George P ^b   Zamorano, Ruben G ^b   Athanasiou, Kyriacos A ^c   Armstrong, David G ^d   Agrawal, C Mauli ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Xilas Medical   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Dr William M Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETIC FOOT; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; FOOT ULCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INFRARED THERMOMETER; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF EVALUATION; SHOE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SHOES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33845991174     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-1600     Document Type: Article

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