Managing the Diabetic Foot

Foot problems in diabetic patients are some of the most challenging complications to treat. Visual recognition of presenting clinical signs is absolutely key for a successful diagnosis and subsequently, the right management programme.  Managing the Diabetic Foot, 3 rd edition provides diabetes professionals, specialist diabetes nurses and podiatrists with expert guidance on the clinical management of patients with severe feet problems associated with diabetes such as ulcers, infections and necrosis.   Practical and succinct, it guides you chronologically through the progressive stages of diabetic foot disease: the normal foot; high–risk foot, ulcerated foot, infected foot, necrotic foot and unsalvageable foot.  By focusing on the need for a speedy response to the clinical signs, it enables you to make rapid, effective management decisions in order to help prevent deterioration and help reduce the need for eventual foot amputation. Full colour throughout and with over 150 clinical photos, it includes numerous hints and tips as well as referring to the latest national and international guidelines on diabetic foot management. If you′re managing patients with foot disease as a result of their diabetes, this rapid–reference pocketbook will save you time and effort by putting essential information within easy reach.

Acknowledgements Dedication & Preface Abbreviations CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 Managing Stage 1: the normal foot CHAPTER 3 Managing Stage 2: the high–risk foot CHAPTER 4 Managing Stage 3: the ulcerated foot CHAPTER 5 Managing Stage 4:  the infected foot CHAPTER 6 Managing Stage 5: the necrotic foot CHAPTER 7 Managing Stage 6: the unsalvageable foot Further Reading Appendix Index

Michael E Edmonds MD FRCP is Consultant Physician, King′s Diabetes Centre, King′s College Hospital, London. A BMA award–winning author (for A Practical Manual of Diabetic Footcare), Dr Edmonds is a world–renowned expert on diabetic foot disease and has lectured throughout the world, giving the inaugural Roger Pecoraro Lecture at the ADA annual meeting. He is Chairman of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD and has had 66 journal articles published. Alethea V M Foster BA(Hons) PGCE MChS SRCh DipPodM sadly passed away in January 2011, but was a key figure in diabetic foot disease and the author of multiple books on the topic. She was involved in the development of the UK Government′s National Service Framework for Diabetes, implemented in all hospitals, clinics and primary care practices from 2004 until the present day. In 2003, she was the first podiatrist to be awarded the International Diabetic Foot Award, which is only awarded every four years to an individual who has played a pivotal role in developing diabetic foot care.