title: The Dutch consensus on the diabetic foot.
abstract: In 1996 the Dutch Diabetes Federation installed a consensus committee to formulate practical guidelines for daily practice to prevent, diagnose and treat foot-related complications in patients with diabetes mellitus. A list of definitions was formulated. A new ulcer classification was introduced. Pathophysiology, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies were discussed with special attention for patients with a high risk foot and for prevention instruction. After several rounds of implementation the definite document was unanimously accepted in the fall of 1998.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Spaarne Hospital Heemstede, P.O. Box 354, Händellaan 2, Heemstede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bakker
mesh_terms: D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical