Abstract
Diabetes-related foot disease is a serious and common complication for people with diabetes mellitus. The gold standard care for a person with diabetes-related foot disease is the involvement of a multidisciplinary foot team engaged in evidence-based care. To date, there are seven International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) guidelines published to assist healthcare providers in managing diabetes-related foot disease around the world. This review discusses the acute management of diabetes-related foot infection with insights from experts of various specialities (internal medicine, infectious disease, vascular surgery, radiology) with a discussion on the implementation of IWGDF guidelines in real life practice and the challenges that healthcare providers may face.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews |
Early online date | 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2023 |
Keywords
- best practice guidelines
- diabetes mellitus
- diabetes-related foot disease
- diabetic foot infection
- multi-disciplinary