Transformation of the multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic into a multidisciplinary diabetic foot day unit: Results from a service evaluation

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 173-179

  Manu, Chris A ^a   Mustafa, Omar G ^a   Bates, Maureen ^a   Vivian, Gill ^a   Mulholland, Nicola ^a   Elias, David ^a   Huang, Dean Y ^a   Deane, Colin ^a   Cavale, Naveen ^a   Kavarthapu, Venu ^a   Rashid, Hisham ^a   Edmonds, Michael ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diabetic foot clinic; foot day unit; foot emergency; one stop assessment; open access

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DIABETIC FOOT CLINIC; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DIABETIC FOOT DAY UNIT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PODIATRIST; PODIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WARD; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907223884     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734614545877     Document Type: Article

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