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Article - Hospitalisations and amputations: study reveals disease burden with diabetes foot ulcers

  • 1.  Article - Hospitalisations and amputations: study reveals disease burden with diabetes foot ulcers

    Posted 30-04-2021 09:35

    Diabetic foot ulcers are associated with significant morbidity, lengthy hospital admissions and readmissions, and mortality, Australian research shows.

    A retrospective study examined 564 Victorian hospital admissions between 2016 and 2018 from 338 patients with diabetic foot ulcers as the major presenting diagnosis.

    The results, published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, showed that 50% of ulcers were managed conservatively, 44% resulted in a minor amputation and 6.2% resulted in a major amputation.

    Of those treated conservatively on their first admission, 40% were readmitted at least once and often requiring surgery.

    Read full article here



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    Live Your Life Community Team
    Natasha and Erin
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  • 2.  RE: Article - Hospitalisations and amputations: study reveals disease burden with diabetes foot ulcers

    Posted 30-04-2021 19:42
    DQ:  I could only access the abstract without buying the article or being a medical practitioner (Ahpra register ?) , but it would interesting to know the HbA1c levels/history of the patients.

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