Preserving feet in the uremic diabetic: the physician's role.
We report the results of a study of 40 consecutive conditions seen in 38 ambulatory diabetics at a municipal hospital podiatry clinic and a university hospital nephrology clinic. The vast majority (92.5%) were preventable, had appropriate foot care procedures been followed. It is suggested that the lack of emphasis on prevention of foot pathology in diabetics by criteria for fee-for-service payment in medicine leads to excessive and unnecessary limb morbidity.
Rausher
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S.U.N.Y. Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
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Friedman
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012775:Shoes / Q000009:adverse effects; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*