SAGE Journals Online
Advertisement
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (OnlineFirst PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
1534734608317939v1
7/2/88    most recent
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rerkasem, K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rerkasem, K.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Article

Reducing Lower Extremity Amputations Due to Diabetes: The Application of Diabetic-Foot Protocol in Chiang Mai University Hospital

Kittipan Rerkasem*

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: krerkase{at}mail.med.cmu.ac.th.


  Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine whether intensive treatment and education strategies for diabetic patients with ulcer help in preventing leg amputation. From August 2005 to March 2007, a diabetic-foot protocol using a multidisciplinary approach was applied at our hospital. All the subjects were educated regarding diabetic-foot disease and its complications and prevention. This report compares the amputation rate in patients receiving the protocol care from August 2005 to March 2007 with those who had standard care from August 2003 to July 2005. Seventy-three and 110 diabetic-foot ulcer patients received protocol and standard foot care, respectively. The incidence of major amputations in the protocol and standard care groups was 4.1% and 13.6%, respectively (P = .03). Our protocol was associated with improved diabetic-foot care outcomes. It can be used by any hospital to improve outcomes for patients with diabetes.

First published on May 14, 2008, doi:10.1177/1534734608317939

The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds 2008;7:88.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2008

Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 INT J LOW EXTREM WOUNDSHome page
K. Rerkasem, N. Kosachunhanun, S. Tongprasert, and K. Guntawongwan
A Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Protocol at Chiang Mai University Hospital: Cost and Quality of Life
International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, September 1, 2009; 8(3): 153 - 156.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 JBJSHome page
H. Hosalkar, J. Hsu, N. K. Pandya, and M. A. Keenan
What's New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., October 1, 2008; 90(10): 2301 - 2311.
[Full Text] [PDF]


Advertisement