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Management of the diabetic foot and lower limb

Management of the diabetic foot and lower limb. Patrick Chong Consultant Diabetologist Derriford Hospital. The diabetic foot. Definition. The diabetic foot

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Management of the diabetic foot and lower limb

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  1. Management of the diabetic foot and lower limb Patrick Chong Consultant Diabetologist Derriford Hospital

  2. The diabetic foot

  3. Definition The diabetic foot ‘a group of syndromes in which neuropathy, ischaemia, and infection lead to tissue breakdown resulting in morbidity and possible amputation’ (World Health Organisation, 1995).

  4. Epidemiology • Most common cause of lower limb amputations1 • 1:20 will develop foot ulcer in one year2 • 1:20 foot ulcers result in amputation of foot or leg • Up to 70% of patients die with five years of having an amputation 1.Amputee Statistical Database for the United Kingdom (2005) 2 Diabetes Care 21 (7); 1071–1075

  5. Economic cost • 3.9% of population • 10% of NHS budget1 • Prolonged stays in hospitals • Patients with complications 5 x more likely to be admitted to hospital • Presence of complications increase social services cost by 4 x 1 Department of Health (2006). Turning the corner improving diabetes care

  6. Gruesome threesome • Neuropathy • Ischaemia • Excess pressure loading • Reduced joint mobility • Local deformity

  7. MDT working • Accurate diagnosis • Rapid appropriate treatment • Intensive follow up • Prevention of foot lesions

  8. Prevention • Education • 1:3 people with diabetes do not realise increased risk of amputation1 • Regular screening • Risk stratification • Joint foot clinic 1 MORI poll for Diabetes UK September 2007

  9. Local figures

  10. Trends in amputation

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