Endocrine Abstracts

Prediction of amputation would aid clinicians in the management of the diabetic foot infections. We aimed to assess the predictability of baseline and early post-treatment levels of acute phase reactants on the outcome of patients with diabetic foot infections.In this study, we included patients with infected diabetic foot ulcers who were hospitalized in Dokuz Eylul University Hospital between January 2003 and January 2008, of which data were collected p...

Introduction: Reduced creatinine clearance is related to an increased risk of diabetic foot ulcer development. Wound healing has been reported to be worse in diabetic patients with impaired kidney functions than general diabetic population. This study aimed to investigate the effect of creatinine clearance on the short term outcome of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers.Materials and methods: Data from 147 neuropathic diabetic foot ulcer episodes were inclu...

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...