Diabetic foot 2019

 Diabetic foot

Ms hosseini,Health research center,life style institute, Baqiyatallah  University of Medical Sciences

Agenda

• Introduction
• Pathway to Ulceration
• Risk classification
• Evaluation of diabetic foot
• Guideline Recommendations
• Diabetic foot ulcers

Introduction

• Foot problems are an important cause of morbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus.
•  The lifetime risk of a foot ulcer for diabetic patients may be as high as 25 percent
• Approximately 5% to 10% of diabetic patients have had past or present foot ulceration, and 1% have undergone amputation
• Diabetes is the most common cause of nontraumatic lower limb amputation in the United States