edited by Andrew J.M. Boulton, Peter R. Cavanagh, Gerry Rayman
4th ed
Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley,
c2006
xiv, 449 p., [4] p. of plates :
ill. (some col.) ;
25 cm
Diabetes in practice
Includes bibliographical references and index
Epidemiology and economic impact of foot ulcers -- The epidemiology of amputations and the influence of ethnicity -- Diabetic neuropathy -- Microcirculation and diabetic foot -- The pathway to ulceration: aetiopathogenesis -- What the practising clinician should know about food biomechanics -- The description and classification of diabetic foot lesions: systems for clinical care, for research and for audit -- Providing a diabetes foot care services: lessons from the veterans health affairs in the United States -- Providing a diabetic foot care service: the exeter integrated diabetic foot project -- The diabetic foot in primary care: a UK perspective -- Psychological and behavioural issues in diabetic foot ulceration -- Education in the management of the foot in diabetes -- Infection of the foot in persons with diabetics: epidemiology, pathophysiology, microbiology, clinical presentation and approach to therapy -- Challenges in the infected diabetic foot: osteomyelitis and methicillin-resistanct Staphylococcus aureus -- Dressing: is there an evidence base? -- New and alternative treatments for the diabetic foot: stem cells and gene transfer -- An introduction to larval therapy -- New and alternative treatments for diabetic foot ulcers: hormones and growth factors -- Radiology and magnetic resonance imaging of the diabetic foot -- Interventional radiology in the diabetic foot -- Peripheral vascular disease and reconstruction -- Charcot foot: what's new in pathogenesis and medical management? -- The operative treatment of charcot neuroarthropathy of the foot and ankle -- Surgery for ulceration and infection in the diabetic foot -- Conventional offloading and activity monitoring -- Amputations in the diabetic foot -- Rehabilitation of the amputee with diabetes -- Footwear for people with diabetes -- New casting techniques: introduction to the 'instant total contact cast' -- New technologies in wound healing: pressure-relieving dressings -- Negative pressure wound (VAC) therapy -- The diabetic foot in Brazil -- Recent international developments: India -- Recent international developments: Africa -- The international consensus on the diabetic foot -- 'The organisation of diabetic foot care': evidence-based recommendations -- Primary care: delivery/translation of guidelines into practice -- Practical aspects of establishing a multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic -- Practical issues in diabetes foot care: podiatry - linking primary and secondary care -- Algorithms for assessing risks for ulcerations and amputations