Ebook: Managing the Diabetic Foot
Author: Edmonds Michael E., Foster Alethea V. M
- Tags: Diabetes--Complications, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetic Foot--therapy, Fußkrankheit, HEALTH et FITNESS--Diseases--General, MEDICAL--Clinical Medicine, MEDICAL--Diseases, MEDICAL--Evidence-Based Medicine, MEDICAL--Internal Medicine, Therapie, Diabetic Foot -- therapy, HEALTH et FITNESS -- Diseases -- General, MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine, MEDICAL -- Diseases, MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine, MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine, Diabetes -- Complications
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
- City: Chichester;West Sussex;UK
- Edition: 3rd Edition
- Language: English
- epub
Foot problems in diabetic patients are some of the most challenging complications to treat, due to an often quite late presentation of symptoms from the patient. Therefore visual recognition of presenting clinical signs is absolutely key for a successful diagnosis and subsequently, the right management programme.
The 3rd edition of Managing the Diabetic Foot once again provides a practical, handy and accessible pocket guide to the clinical management of patients with severe feet problems associated with diabetes, such as ulcers, infections and necrosis. By focusing on the need for a speedy response to the clinical signs, it will enable doctors make rapid, effective management decisions in order to help prevent deterioration and avoid the need for evental foot amputation.
Each chapter focuses specifically on the different stages of foot disease and the clinical management required at that...