Effectiveness of Diabetes Foot Screening in Primary Care in Preventing Lower Extremity Amputations.

CONCLUSION: Lack of diabetes foot screening, lower socioeconomic status, hip fracture, Malay ethnicity, chronic kidney disease, poorer glycaemic control, longer diabetes duration and male gender have been found to be associated with a higher risk of LEA.
PMID: 29288260 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - November 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ang GY, Yap CW, Saxena N Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research