Screening for the high-risk diabetic foot: a 60-second tool (2012)

Adv Skin Wound Care. 2012 Oct;25(10):465-76; quiz 477-8. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000421460.21773.7b.

Abstract

People with diabetes mellitus will develop lower-limb complications, such as neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, foot ulcers, and lower-leg amputations. Resources to control elevated hemoglobin A1c and blood pressure, along with the standardized approach using the 60-second tool (2012), can detect the high-risk diabetic foot and help prevent complications.

MeSH terms

  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Diabetic Foot / diagnosis*
  • Diabetic Foot / pathology
  • Education, Medical, Continuing / methods
  • Health Status Indicators*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Lower Extremity
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases
  • Risk*
  • Time Factors