Diabetic foot care : case studies in clinical management / / Alethea V.M. Foster and Michael E. Edmonds

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910877108603321
• Autore: Foster Alethea V. M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, UK, : Wiley, 2011
• ISBN: 1-119-95712-5; 0-470-68294-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EdmondsM. E
• Disciplina: 616.6/1
• Soggetti: Foot - Diseases - Treatment; Diabetes - Complications - Treatment; Foot manifestations of general diseases
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Diabetic Foot Care: Case Studies in Clinical Management; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Neuropathic Case Studies; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Differing presentations of infection and complications of infection; 1.3 Co-Morbidities in addition to diabetes and neuropathy; 1.4 Deformity, ulceration and infection treated by surgical debridement and reconstruction; 1.5 Patients with neuropathic feet in whom psychological factors have impacted on their management; 1.6 Long term patients followed in the Diabetic Foot Clinic with neuropathic foot problems; 2 Ischaemic Case Studies; 2.1 Introduction2.2 Infection and its presentations; 2.3 Patients with severe co-morbidities; 2.4 Revascularisation; 2.5 Wound care; 2.6 Emboli; 2.7 Complications; 2.8 Pain in the neuroischaemic foot; 2.9 Conservative care; 3 Charcot Case Studies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Early diagnosis; 3.3 Different presentations; 3.4 Surgery; 3.5 Conservative care; 4 Renal Case Studies; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Patients with normal serum creatinine initially who develop low creatinine clearance with infection; 4.3 Low creatinine clearance and complications; 4.4 Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and complications4.5 Haemodialysis and complications; 4.6 Renal transplant and complications; 4.7 Revascularisation in renal patients; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Diabetic Foot Care: Case Studies in Clinical Management uses a 100% illustrated patient case study format to demonstrate the multidisciplinary care and clinical management of patients with feet and lower limb problems as a result of diabetes. Every case has colour illustrations highlighting both the initial presentation of the foot, right through to treatment and long term follow-up care. Of particular focus are the management problems, barriers to effective care, preventable mistakes, unnecessary delays in presentations, challenging situations, conflicts, dilemmas and solutions that po