Foot screening for diabetics

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 472-475

  Nather, Aziz ^a   Chionh, Siok Bee ^b   Tay, Patricia L M ^a   Aziz, Zameer ^a   Teng, Janelle W H ^a   Rajeswari, K ^b   Erasmus, Adriaan ^a   Nambiar, Ajay ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

"At Risk" feet; Diabetic foot screening; King's classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; FOOT SCREENING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954531757     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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