Letter to the Editor
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Screening of Diabetic Foot Viroj Wiwanitkit, MD1 1 Hainan Medical University, Hainan, China
Address for correspondence Viroj Wiwanitkit, MD, Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand 10160 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Int J Angiol 2014;23:283–284.
The recent report on “Screening of Diabetic Foot” is very interesting.1 Elsharawy et al found that “prevalence of diabetic patients with risk of foot ulceration in surgical inpatients was high1.” In fact, screening of diabetic foot should be done in any elderly. On the basis of this report, the interesting question is on the preoperative preparation. The diabetic patient should be well prepared and the existence of diabetic food should be easily detected before surgery. The diabetic foot might be the sign of poor glycemic control that implies need for good preoperative diabetic care.2 The high
prevalence of diabetic foot might reflect the poor quality of preoperative care in the setting.
published online November 11, 2014
Copyright © 2014 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel: +1(212) 584-4662.
References Screening of diabetic foot in surgical inpatients: a hospital-based study in saudi arabia. Int J Angiol 2012;21(4):213–216 2 Harrer J, Drasnar A, Vojácek J. Surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus [in Czech]. Vnitr Lek 2010;56(4): 317–319
DOI http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0034-1376175. ISSN 1061-1711.
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1 Elsharawy MA, Hassan K, Alawad N, Kredees A, Almulhim A.
283
Screening of Diabetic Foot Viroj Wiwanitkit, MD1 1 Hainan Medical University, Hainan, China
Address for correspondence Viroj Wiwanitkit, MD, Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand 10160 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Int J Angiol 2014;23:283–284.
The recent report on “Screening of Diabetic Foot” is very interesting.1 Elsharawy et al found that “prevalence of diabetic patients with risk of foot ulceration in surgical inpatients was high1.” In fact, screening of diabetic foot should be done in any elderly. On the basis of this report, the interesting question is on the preoperative preparation. The diabetic patient should be well prepared and the existence of diabetic food should be easily detected before surgery. The diabetic foot might be the sign of poor glycemic control that implies need for good preoperative diabetic care.2 The high
prevalence of diabetic foot might reflect the poor quality of preoperative care in the setting.
published online November 11, 2014
Copyright © 2014 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel: +1(212) 584-4662.
References Screening of diabetic foot in surgical inpatients: a hospital-based study in saudi arabia. Int J Angiol 2012;21(4):213–216 2 Harrer J, Drasnar A, Vojácek J. Surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus [in Czech]. Vnitr Lek 2010;56(4): 317–319
DOI http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0034-1376175. ISSN 1061-1711.
Downloaded by: Rutgers University. Copyrighted material.
1 Elsharawy MA, Hassan K, Alawad N, Kredees A, Almulhim A.
