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. 2019 May 2:12:349-359.
doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S194969. eCollection 2019.

Prognosis of the outcome of severe diabetic foot ulcers with multidisciplinary care

Luz Marina Alfonso Dutra  1 , Manuela Costa Melo  2 , Mirian Conceição Moura  3 , Lílian Assumpção Paes Leme  4 , Marta Rodrigues De Carvalho  3 , Andre Neves Mascarenhas  4 , Maria Rita Carvalho Garbi Novaes  1
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Prognosis of the outcome of severe diabetic foot ulcers with multidisciplinary care

Luz Marina Alfonso Dutra et al. J Multidiscip Healthc. .

Abstract

Background: Approximately 2-4% of individuals worldwide with diabetes mellitus have foot ulcers. This study aims to assess the factors affecting the outcomes of severe foot ulcers in diabetic individuals. Methods: An analytical prospective cohort study was conducted from March 1st, 2015, to March 1st, 2017. A total of 34 individuals was selected. The study included patients with foot ulcers below the ankle who were at risk of amputation. All tests used a <5% level of significance and confidence interval of 95%. A Pearson's chi-squared test and binary multiple regression were performed to assess the factors related to healing. Results: Only 11.7% of the individuals required amputation; ulcers classified as 2/B according to the University of Texas Diabetic Foot Ulcer Classification System healed before the 1/B ulcers. Neuropathic ulcers were the most prevalent (58.8%); 61.8% healed after 1 year. Most of the individuals were overweight, 47.1% had reduced glomerular filtration rates, and 78.8% had glycated hemoglobin >7%. Body mass index and osteomyelitis were the two significant variables in logistic regression. Conclusions: In this study, osteomyelitis was the main complication related to the risk of amputation, and elevated body mass index and osteomyelitis were the significant factors that induced a slower healing time.

Keywords: diabetes complications; diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot; multidisciplinary care.

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Independent-samples Kruskal–Wallis test between the Texas scale and healing time.
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