51. Saving Diabetic Feet in Africa: Cape Town Action Declaration 2016.
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Gelband, Hellen, Miller-Petrie, Molly, Pant, Suraj, Gandra, Sumanth, Levinson, Jordan, Barter, Devra, White, Andrea, Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Kariuki, Samuel, Ndegwa, Linus, Wesangula, Eveline, Sigaúque, Betuel, Sevene, Esperança, Basnynat, Buddha, Pokharel, Paras, Dixit, Sameer Mani, Giri, Santoshi, Duse, Adriano, Perovic, Olga, and Faure, Kim
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TREATMENT of diabetic foot , *DIABETIC foot , *DIAGNOSIS of foot diseases , *LEG diseases , *SURGERY , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
The article discusses diagnosis of diabetic foot complications caused due to diabetes that may lead to preventable loss of limbs and lives. Topics discussed include implementation of evidence informed interprofessional diabetic foot care; prevention of diabetic foot complications by availability of pressure offloading devices; and need for early treatment of surface critical colonization.
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- 2016