Diabetic foot resident survival guide
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ifrah Fatima, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. Diabetic foot superseded with the following may result in sepsis and death. [1]
- Infected diabetic foot
- Osteomyelitis
Common Causes
- Poor glycemic control
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Peripheral ischemia
- Improper footwear
- Foot deformities including Charcot arthropathy [1] [2] [3]
Diagnosis
Assessment of diabetic foot includes evaluation of peripheral arterial disease, peripheral neuropathy, and foot deformities. Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the diagnosis of [[disease name]] according the the [...] guidelines.
Characterize the symptoms: ❑ Onset ❑ Type of sensation ❑ Location ❑ Nocturnal variation ❑ Aggravating factors ❑ Relieving factors Obtain a detailed history: ❑ Onset of diabetes ❑ Duration of diabetes ❑ Compliance with medication ❑ History of glycemic control ❑ History of other diabetic complcatios ❑ Foot deformities/injuries/ulcers ❑ History of lower limb amputation ❑ Type of footwear ❑ Foot hygiene ❑ History of claudication ❑ Smoking history | |||||||||||||
Examine the patient: Inspection ❑ Location of ulcer ❑ Integrity and charcteristic (dry/cracked) of skin ❑ Sweating Palpation ❑ Pedal (dorsalis pedis) pulses ❑ Vibration sensation ❑ Ulcer site- warmth, tenderness, edema Non-invasive tests ❑ Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test ❑ Probe-to-bone test if suspected osteomyelitis ❑ Measure ABI (Ankle-Brachial Index) with a Arterial doppler | |||||||||||||
Order tests: ❑ Peripheral blood smear ❑ CBC and differential ❑ Reticulocyte count ❑ LDH ❑ LFT ❑ Renal function test ❑ Clotting screen
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❑ Order additional tests based on the results of the CBC-D and peripheral blood smear | |||||||||||||
Possible Pseudothrombocytopenia ❑ Clumped platelets | True thrombocytopenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
❑ Order platelet count on heparinized blood specimen | Isolated thrombocytopenia | Thrombocytopenia with abnormalities in other blood lineages | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Guide your next step by specific findings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consider: | Look for: ❑ Schistocytes ❑ Spherocytes ❑ Dacrocytes ❑ Blasts ❑ Giant platelets ❑ Granulations ❑ Hypersegmented neutrophils ❑ Macrocytosis ❑ Lymphocytosis ❑ Neutropenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treatment
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Do's
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Don'ts
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pendsey SP (2010). "Understanding diabetic foot". Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries. 30 (2): 75–9. doi:10.4103/0973-3930.62596. PMC 2878694. PMID 20535310.
- ↑ Mishra SC, Chhatbar KC, Kashikar A, Mehndiratta A (2017). "Diabetic foot". BMJ. 359: j5064. doi:10.1136/bmj.j5064. PMC 5688746. PMID 29146579.
- ↑ Rathur HM, Boulton AJ (2007). "The diabetic foot". Clin Dermatol. 25 (1): 109–20. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2006.09.015. PMID 17276208.