Understanding Diabetic Foot

This book is written as a comprehensive and practical guide for General Practitioners who often manage patients with diabetic foot complications. Topics covered include Types of Diabetic Foot Complications, Basic Science involved, Examining a Diabetic Foot, Doing Investigations and Treating a Diabetic Foot, Endocrine Control, Nutritional Support, Choice of Wound Dressing and Choice of the appropriate Antibiotic. An important chapter, especially useful to the GPs is a practical guide on when to treat the patients in their clinics and when to send them to hospitals for management by Diabetic Foot Specialists. A special emphasis has also been given to guide GPs how to educate their patients on Care of Diabetes itself, Care of the Foot and Choice of Footwear.

In addition, this Companion Book to GPs will also be useful to Nurses and Podiatrists who also provide care to Diabetic Foot patients. For the latter, a Supplement has been added. Relevant topics include Team Approach, Nursing a Diabetic Foot, Nutrition, Wound Dressings, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, Maggot Debridement Therapy, Off-loading & Shoes, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Charcot Joint Disease and Rehabilitation.

Contents:

• Introduction to Diabetes:

  • Diabetes in the World (Aziz Nather and Julia Cheong Ling-Yu)
  • Diabetes in Singapore Today (Aziz Nather and Tan Ting Fang)
  • Preventive of Diabetic Foot: Role of Government Intervention (Aziz Nather and Cao Shuo)
  • Understanding Diabetes (Aziz Nather and Nur Amalina Anwar)
  • Complications of Diabetes (Aziz Nather and Tan Ting Fang)

• Introduction to Diabetic Foot:

  • Types of Diabetes Foot Complications (Aziz Nather)
  • Know Your Foot: A Simple Guide to Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Foot (Aziz Nather and Julia Cheong Ling-Yu)

• Assessing Diabetic Foot:

  • Examining Diabetic Foot in Your Clinic (Aziz Nather)
  • Investigating Diabetic Foot in Your Clinic (Aziz Nather)
  • Recognising Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Foot (Aziz Nather and Claire Chan Shu-Yi)

• Treating Diabetic Foot:

  • Treating Diabetic Foot: A Holistic Approach (Aziz Nather)
  • Antibiotics for Diabetic Foot Infections: A Practical Guide for the General Practitione (Aziz Nather and Amaris Lim Shu Min)

• Dressing Diabetic Foot Wounds:

  • Choosing the Appropriate Wound Dressing: A Practical Guide (Aziz Nather)
  • Dressing A Wound: A Step-by-Step Guide for the General Practitioner (Aziz Nather, Mischelle Lee Jia Hui and Tan Chin Fen)

• Managing Patients with Diabetic Foot Wounds:

  • Getting to Know the Operation Performed on Your Patient (Aziz Nather)
  • When to Refer Diabetic Foot Complications? (Aziz Nather and Amaris Lim Shu Min)

• Educating Patients with Diabetic Foot Wounds:

  • Living with Diabetes (Aziz Nather, Eda Lim Qiao Yan and Mae Chua Chui Wei)
  • Taking Care of the Foot (Aziz Nather, Wee Lin and Mae Chua Chui Wei)
  • Choosing Your Footwear (Aziz Nather, Zest Ang and Jere Low Wenn)
  • Education Pamphlets (Aziz Nather, Eda Lim Qiao Yan, Wee Lin and Zest Ang Yi Yen)

• Supplement for Nurses & Podiatrists:

  • Team Approach for Diabetic Foot (Aziz Nather)
  • Managing Diabetic Foot Ulcers A Nursing Perspective (Gulnaz Tariq)
  • Nutrition and Diabetes (Geoff Sussman)

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