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- Title
Vascular disease and foot assessment in diabetes.
- Authors
Burland, Paul
- Abstract
Wounds require an adequate blood supply to heal properly. In people with diabetes, blood supply can be compromised by peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and microvascular disease. PAD is a major cause of foot ulceration in people with diabetes. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2015a) guidelines state that adults with diabetes should be assessed for evidence of limb ischaemia annually and whenever any new foot problems arise. Smoking is an important risk factor in PAD, and practice nurses can play a role in helping their patients with diabetes to understand the risk and provide support for them to stop smoking.
- Subjects
DIABETES complications; PERIPHERAL vascular disease treatment; DIABETIC foot prevention; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES; EXERCISE; FEMORAL artery; FOOT care; INTERMITTENT claudication; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL office nursing; PALPATION; PERIPHERAL vascular diseases; SMOKING; DISEASE progression; GLYCEMIC control; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Practice Nursing, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 4, p185
- ISSN
0964-9271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/pnur.2016.27.4.185