Diabetic foot

The use of esmolol hydrochloride in adults with diabetic foot ulcer improves wound healing and may constitute a novel treatment option, suggests research reported at the 58th EASD Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

YouTube videos about diabetic foot examination are popular, but of poor quality, report UK researchers.

People with diabetes who attend an annual wellness check are significantly less likely to require a major lower extremity amputation within the same year, shows research from the US Diabetes Belt.

The risk for major leg amputation or death after hospitalization for diabetic foot ulcers is elevated in Black people and those living in rural areas, with a 10.4% absolute increase among patients with both risk factors compared with the national rate, US researchers have found.

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