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Open Access 01-12-2015 | Oral Presentation

Is there a relationship between screening for diabetes related foot complications and limb amputation?

Auteurs: Ainslie Davies, Peter Lazzarini, Bishnu Sharma, Lloyd Reed

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Foot and Ankle Research | bijlage 2/2015

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From the conservative estimates of registrants with the National Diabetes Supply Scheme, we will be soon passing 1.1 Million Australians affected by all types of diabetes. The diabetes complications of foot ulceration and amputation are costly to all. These costs can be reduced with appropriate prevention strategies, starting with identifying people at risk through primary care diabetic foot screening. Yet levels of diabetic foot screening in Australia are difficult to quantify. This presentation aims to report on foot screening rates as recorded in existing academic literature, national health surveys and national database reports. …

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