Redefined clinical spectra of diabetic foot syndrome

• Published in: Vascular health and risk management Vol. 14; pp. 291 - 298
• Main Authors: Shatnawi, Nawaf J, Al-Zoubi, Nabil A, Hawamdeh, Hasan, Khader, Yousef S, Omari, Abd El-Karim, Khammash, Muhammad R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2018; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Amputation; Amputations; Classification; Communicable diseases; Data collection; Decision Support Techniques; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy; Diabetic foot; Diabetic Foot - diagnosis; Diabetic Foot - epidemiology; Diabetic Foot - therapy; Diabetic Foot Syndrome; Diabetics; Female; Foot diseases; Gangrene; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Health aspects; Humans; Hypertension; Infection; Jordan - epidemiology; Limb Salvage; Male; Medical research; Middle Aged; Original Research; Predictive Value of Tests; Prevalence; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Sepsis - diagnosis; Sepsis - epidemiology; Sepsis - therapy; Therapeutics; Wound Infection - diagnosis; Wound Infection - epidemiology; Wound Infection - therapy; diabetic foot syndrome; amputations; diabetes mellitus; classification

The aim of this study was to present the redefined clinical spectra of diabetic foot syndrome (RCS-DFS) and determine whether the RCS-DFS can be used to predict amputations. This is a retrospective study of type 2 diabetic patients referred with DFS for management at King Abdullah University Hospita...