Seek, and ye shall find: Efficacy of proactive screeningfor diabetic foot ulceration in the community autonomously performed by nurses | Zendy

Letizia Pieruzzi | Zendy; Elisabetta Iacopi | Zendy; Maria Grazia Buccarello | Zendy; Ludovica Tamburini | Zendy; Chiara Goretti | Zendy; Graziano Di Cianni | Zendy; Alberto Piaggesi | Zendy

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Seek, and ye shall find: Efficacy of proactive screeningfor diabetic foot ulceration in the community autonomously performed by nurses

Author(s) -

Letizia Pieruzzi,

Elisabetta Iacopi,

Maria Grazia Buccarello,

Ludovica Tamburini,

Chiara Goretti,

Graziano Di Cianni,

Alberto Piaggesi

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of european wound management association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1609-2759

DOI - 10.35279/jewma202011.06

Subject(s) - diabetic foot , medicine , diabetes mellitus , foot (prosody) , foot care , complication , diabetic foot ulcer , intensive care medicine , mortality rate , physical therapy , surgery , philosophy , linguistics , endocrinology

Diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) is a severe complication of diabetes mellitus associated with a high morbidity and mortality rate, whose treatment requires considerable financial costs.This paper describes a test of the efficacy of proactive screening – autonomously managed by nurses in a community setting – in detecting patients at high risk of DFU, as an integrated part of a chronic care model strategy.

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