4067.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
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| Six authors will review the latest in research relative to diabetic evaluation, care, amputation and wound healing. This is important and relevant to health care professionals and podiatrists who are caring for diabetics in clinical and hospital settings. Upon completion of this session, one will be well informed about the important elements of advancing their diabetic care or wound care program. The discussions will be thought provoking and stimulating academically, with relevance for direct application | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Validation of the diabetic foot risk classification system of the international working group on the diabetic foot: Edgar Peters, MD | ||||
| Effectiveness of Doppler studies in determining the vascular status of high risk diabetic patients in a managed care setting Bhavesh Shah, DPM | ||||
| Aggressive Edema Reduction Improves Healing after Debridement of Infected Diabetic Foot Wounds David Armstrong, DPM, Hienvu Nguyen, DPM | ||||
| Prevalence, etiology, and clinical outcomes of lower extremity wounds in a cohort of patients with diabetes mellitus Bhavesh Shah, DPM | ||||
| Diabetic Lower Extremity Amputations in South Carolina, 1996-1998: An Analysis Of Hospital Discharge Data And Emergency Room Visits Data Youjie Huang, MD, DrPH, Deyi Zheng, MB, PhD, Yaw Boeteng, MS, MPH, RD, Tim Alrich, PhD, MPH, John Colwell, MD, PhD | ||||
| Rate of healing of diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers treated with standard care and growth factor therapy: Implications for clinical practice and trial design Jonathan Kantor, MA, David J. Margolis, MD, MSCE | ||||
| Sponsor: | Podiatric Health | |||
| Cosponsors: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Social Work; Vision Care Section | |||