Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The incidence of diabetic foot in diabetics is 5-10%. We herein aimed to share a formerly undiagnosed diabetic patient presenting with crural infection.Case: A 48-year-old male patient, without a formerly known disease, presented to a local medical center due to spontaneously progressing ulceration on left leg. The ulcers did not improve with antibiotics in seven days and afterwards he was referred to our hospital. At admission, his plasma ...

Background: Prediction of diabetic foot ulcer outcome might be helpful for clinicians in optimizing individual treatment strategy. The aim of the present study was to determine potential benefits of easily assessed clinical and laboratory factors at baseline in the prediction of the outcome in patients with diabetic foot ulcers.Methods: In this observational study, data was collected prospectively in 670 consecutive diabetic foot ulcer episodes in 510 pa...

Introduction: It is widely recognized that a multidisciplinary team is effective in the management diabetic foot ulcers. Contrary to developed countries, multidisciplinary diabetic foot care teams and/or clinics have not been constructed in most centres in developing countries. The aim of this study was to present our data regarding amputations rates and profiles before and after starting the Dokuz Eylul University multidisciplinary diabetic foot care team.<p class="abstex...