A systematic review of scoring systems for diabetic foot ulcers

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 544-549

  Karthikesalingam, A ^a   Holt, P J E ^a   Moxey, P ^a   Jones, K G ^a   Thompson, M M ^a   Hinchliffe, R J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic foot; Ulcer; Wound classification; Wound score

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPA SCORING SYSTEM; DIABETES ULCER SEVERITY SCORE; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBASE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; MAID SCORE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MEGGIT WAGNER SCALE; PEDIS SCORE; PROGNOSIS; S(AD)SAD SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCER HEALING; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCORE; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLASSIFICATION; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUND HEALING;

DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77951283404     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.02989.x     Document Type: Article

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