Managing the diabetic foot / / Michael E. Edmonds, Alethea V.M. Foster

• Record Nr.: UNISA996201271103316
• Autore: Edmonds M. E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., c2005
• ISBN: 1-282-12374-2; 9786612123740; 0-470-75152-5; 0-470-75151-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): FosterAlethea V. M
• Disciplina: 616.4/62
• Soggetti: Foot - Ulcers; Diabetes - Complications
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Managing The Diabetic Foot; Contents; AcknowIedgements; Preface to second edition; Introduction; Managing Stage 1: the normal foot; Managing Stage 2: the high-risk foot; Managing Stage 3: the ulcerated foot; Managing Stage 4: the infected foot; Managing Stage 5: the necrotic foot; Managing Stage 6: the unsalvageable foot; Non-ulcerative pathologies; Epilogue; Appendix: Problems of differential diagnosis; Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Written by the BMA award-winning author team of Mike Edmonds and Alethea Foster. Aimed at podiatrists, nurses, physicians, surgeons, orthotists and all other members of the multidisciplinary diabetic foot team, Managing the Diabetic Foot, Second Edition, remains a "must-have" for all those interested in diabetes and the diabetic foot. New features of this Second Edition include:.:.; Chapter on amputation has been expanded as has the overall surgical focus.; Metabolic control and all other aspects of management have also been extensively updated.