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Clinical characteristics and outcome in 223 diabetic patients with deep foot infections

Eneroth, Magnus LU ; Apelqvist, Jan LU and Stenström, Anders LU (1997) In Foot and Ankle International 18(11). p.716-722
Abstract

Clinical characteristics and outcome in 223 consecutive diabetic patients with deep foot infections are reported. Patients were treated by a multidisciplinary diabetic foot-care team at the University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, and were prospectively followed until healing or death. About 50% of patients lacked clinical signs of infection, such as a body temperature > 37.8°C, a sedimentation rate > 70 mm/hour, and white blood cell count (WBC) > 10 x 109/liter. Eighty-six percent had surgery before healing or death. Thirty-nine percent healed without amputation; 34% healed after a minor and 8% after a major amputation. Sixteen percent were unhealed at death, and 3% were unhealed at the end of the observation period. Of... (More)

Clinical characteristics and outcome in 223 consecutive diabetic patients with deep foot infections are reported. Patients were treated by a multidisciplinary diabetic foot-care team at the University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, and were prospectively followed until healing or death. About 50% of patients lacked clinical signs of infection, such as a body temperature > 37.8°C, a sedimentation rate > 70 mm/hour, and white blood cell count (WBC) > 10 x 109/liter. Eighty-six percent had surgery before healing or death. Thirty-nine percent healed without amputation; 34% healed after a minor and 8% after a major amputation. Sixteen percent were unhealed at death, and 3% were unhealed at the end of the observation period. Of those unhealed at death or follow-up, 4 patients had had a major and 11 a minor amputation. After correction for age and sex, duration of diabetes < 14 years, palpable popliteal pulse, a toe pressure > 45 mmHg, and an ankle pressure > 80 mm Hg, absence of exposed bone and a white blood cell count < 12 x 109/liter were all related to healing without amputation in a logistic regression analysis. We conclude that although only 1 in 10 had a major amputation, nearly all diabetic patients with a deep foot infection needed surgery and more than one third had a minor amputation before healing or death in spite of a well- functioning diabetic foot-care team responsible for all included patients.

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  author       = {{Eneroth, Magnus and Apelqvist, Jan and Stenström, Anders}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{716--722}},
  publisher    = {{SAGE Publications}},
  series       = {{Foot and Ankle International}},
  title        = {{Clinical characteristics and outcome in 223 diabetic patients with deep foot infections}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107110079701801107}},
  doi          = {{10.1177/107110079701801107}},
  volume       = {{18}},
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