Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
ISSN: 2165-7548
Ruotolo V
Italy
Review Article
Emergency in Diabetic Foot
Author(s): Uccioli L, Meloni M, Giurato L, Ruotolo V, Izzo V, Vainieri E, Gandini R and Pampana EUccioli L, Meloni M, Giurato L, Ruotolo V, Izzo V, Vainieri E, Gandini R and Pampana E
Diabetic foot is the main cause of hospitalization in diabetic patients and the most common cause of lower extremity amputation. The risk of a diabetic subjects to develop a foot ulceration during his life is 15%. When infection and ischemia are present the risk of major amputation increases dramatically. Therefore it is crucial a correct diagnosis and approach. Unfortunately a specific protocol treatment for emergency in diabetic foot lesion is not completely defined. In this paper we try to identify the state of emergency in diabetic foot and we suggest a proper treatment. We define this condition as critical diabetic foot that represents a risk of limb or life threatening. It requires an immediate multidisciplinary approach to treat the infection and also the peripheral ischemia if necessary. We propose an operative strategy that can be divided in four consecutive phases or frequen.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000160