Foot assessment in GP practices for people with diabetes.
Diabetes increases the chance of lower-limb amputation: directly, as a result of ulcers caused by trauma and complicated by lack of sensation; and indirectly, by peripheral vascular disease. In any one patient both causes can occur.
Duncombe
Gaye
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Diabetes Care Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
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Burden
A C Felix
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D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004282:Documentation; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011032:Podiatry; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors