ASSESSING CLINICAL FINDINGS IN THE DIABETIC FOOT

Pavelina Mihaela Andrei, Victor Stefan Ionescu, Simona Carniciu and Constantin Ionescu-Tirgoviste

Romanian Distribution Committee Magazine, 2018, vol. 9, issue 3, 52-56

Abstract: Type 2 diabetes mellitus places an ever increasing cost on economies and patients quality of life. One of this disease s complications is known as the diabetic foot. It refers to signs and symptoms that can be roughly classified in 3 groups: neuropathic, vascular and infectious. This review aims to list the most clinically-accessible signs and symptoms and to classify them according to their impact on quality of life in 2 groups: mild and severe.

Keywords: diabetic foot; clinical exam; complications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I L80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://crd-aida.ro/RePEc/rdc/v9i3/5.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rdc:journl:v:9:y:2018:i:4:p:52-56

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Romanian Distribution Committee Magazine from Romanian Distribution Committee
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Theodor Valentin Purcarea ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).