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Prediction of outcome in individuals with diabetic foot ulcers: focus on the differences between individuals with and without peripheral arterial disease. The EURODIALE Study

Diabetologia · 2008 · Vol. 51(5) · pp. 747–755

L. Prompers✉(Maastricht University)Nicolaas C. Schaper(Maastricht University Medical Centre)Jan Apelqvist(Lund University)Michael Edmonds(King's College Hospital)Edward B. Jude(Tameside Hospital)Dı́dac Mauricio(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)Luigi Uccioli(Policlinico Tor Vergata)V. Urbančič(Ljubljana University Medical Centre)K. BakkerP. Holstein(Bispebjerg Hospital)Alexandra Jirkovská(Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine)Alberto Piaggesi(Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana)Gunnel Ragnarson-Tennvall(Swedish Institute for Health Economics)Heinrich ReikeMaximilian Spraul(Klinikum Rheine)K. Van Acker(Clinique Saint-Joseph)J. van Baal(Ziekenhuis Groep Twente)Frits van Merode(Maastricht University)Isabel Ferreira(Maastricht University Medical Centre)M. Huijberts(Maastricht University Medical Centre)

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Abstract

Predictors of healing differ between patients with and without PAD, suggesting that diabetic foot ulcers with or without concomitant PAD should be defined as two separate disease states. The observed negative impact of infection on healing that was confined to patients with PAD needs further investigation.

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases Peripheral Artery Disease ManagementMedicineDiabetic footInternal medicinePeripheralDiabetes mellitusArterial diseaseCohortPopulationProspective cohort studyLogistic regression

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AgedDiabetic AngiopathiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsWound HealingMultivariate AnalysisFoot UlcerTreatment OutcomeAge of OnsetDiabetic Foot