Since the publication of the third edition of The Foot in Diabetes, there have been important developments in the field of diabetic foot care and its scientific basis, including:
* The introduction of new technologies such as vacuum therapy, new casting techniques, the use of hormones and growth factors in wound healing;
* Advances in the understanding of the biomechanics of foot problems;
* Increased problems with multidrug-resistant organisms;
* The introduction of new international guidelines for the management of foot infections;
* Significant progress in the use of cytokines, metalloproteinase inhibitors, stem cells and gene therapy in wound healing.
This fourth edition of this popular title maintains the strengths of earlier editions, with a strong emphasis on practical applications and management. All the chapters have been fully revised and updated, with new chapters introduced to cover the topics listed above. This book features more international contributors, giving it more global relevance than before, and for the first time it includes colour plates.
With its focus on practically oriented advice, this book will be essential reading for all members of the diabetes specialist team including diabetologists, podiatrists, specialist nurses, general practitioners, surgeons and clinical researchers.
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Höhe: 25.1 cm
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Dicke: 3.2 cm
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978-0-470-01504-9 (9780470015049)
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Professor Andrew JM Boulton, Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, and University of Miami, USA.
Professor Peter R Cavanagh, Virginia Lois Kennedy Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering/ND20, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,?USA.
Dr Gerry Rayman, Diabetes Centre, Ipswich Hospital,?UK.
Herausgeber*in
University of Manchester, and Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
Ipswich Hospital, UK
Foreword.
Preface.
Contributors.
1. Epidemiology and Economic Impact of Foot Ulcers.
2. The Epidemiology of Amputations and the Influence of Ethnicity.
3. Diabetic Neuropathy.
4. Microcirculation and Diabetic Foot.
5. The Pathway to Ulceration: Aetiopathogenesis.
6. What the Practising Clinician Should Know About Foot Biomechanics.
7. The Description and Classification of Diabetic Foot Lesions: Systems for Clinical Care, for Research and for Audit.
8. Providing a Diabetes Foot Care Service: Lessons from the Veterans Health Affairs in the United States.
9. Providing a Diabetic Foot Care Service: The Exeter Integrated Diabetic Foot Project.
10. The Diabetic Foot in Primary Care: A UK Perspective.
11. Psychological and Behavioural Issues in Diabetic Foot Ulceration.
12. Education in the Management of the Foot in Diabetes.
13. Infection of the Foot in Persons with Diabetes: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Microbiology, Clinical Presentation and Approach to Therapy.
14. Challenges in the Infected Diabetic Foot: Osteomyelitis and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
15. Dressings: Is There an Evidence Base?.
16. New and Alternative Treatments for the Diabetic Foot: Stem Cells and Gene Transfer.
17. An Introduction to Larval Therapy.
18. New and Alternative Treatments for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Hormones and Growth Factors.
19. Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Diabetic Foot.
20. Interventional Radiology in the Diabetic Foot.
21. Peripheral Vascular Disease and Reconstruction.
22. Charcot Foot: What's New in Pathogenesis and Medical Management?.
23. The Operative Treatment of Charcot Neuroarthropathy of the Foot and Ankle.
24. Surgery for Ulceration and Infection in the Diabetic Foot.
25. Conventional Offloading and Activity Monitoring.
26. Amputations in the Diabetic Foot.
27. Rehabilitation of the Amputee with Diabetes.
28. Footwear for People with Diabetes.
29. New Casting Techniques: Introduction to the 'Instant Total Contact Cast'.
30. New Technologies in Wound Healing: Pressure-Relieving Dressings.
31. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.
32. The Diabetic Foot in Brazil.
33. Recent International Developments: India.
34. Recent International Developments: Africa.
35. The International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot.
36. 'The Organisation of Diabetic Foot Care': Evidence-Based Recommendations.
37. Primary Care: Delivery/Translation of Guidelines into Practice.
38. Practical Aspects of Establishing a Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic.
39. Practical Issues in Diabetes Foot Care: Podiatry - Linking Primary and Secondary Care.
40. Algorithms for Assessing Risks for Ulcerations and Amputations.
Conclusions.
Index.
