Sökning: "chronic foot ulcers"

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  1. 1. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as adjunctive treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulcers

    Författare :Magnus Löndahl; Lund Medicin; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Diabetes Mellitus; foot ulcer; HRQL; cardiac function;

    Sammanfattning : Chronic diabetic foot ulcers are a source of major concern for both patients and health care systems. Oxygen deficiency plays a major role in the pathogenesis of these ulcers. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been proposed as a medical treatment for diabetic foot ulcers, but the clinical utility has not been established. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Microvascular Complications and Predictors for Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Foot Ulcers

    Författare :Katarina Fagher; Lund Medicin; []
    Nyckelord :Diabetic foot ulcer; Microvascular disease; mortality risk;

    Sammanfattning : A diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common and serious complication of diabetes. It is today the leading cause of amputations and is associated with both increased morbidity and mortality. Individuals with DFU have 2.5 times higher mortality rates compared to patients with diabetes but without DFU, a risk that persists even after ulcer healing. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Surgical aspects on patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic limb-threatening ischemia

    Författare :Erika Lilja; Vaskulära sjukdomar - kliniska studier; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes Mellitus: complications; chronic limb-threatening ischemia CLTI ; vascular surgery; peripheral artery disease PAD ;

    Sammanfattning : Background: During the 21st century, diabetes mellitus (DM) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) have become global problems. It is estimated that 19-34% of individuals with DM will develop a foot ulcer during their lifetime, and many will be amputated. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Elderly patients with slow-healing leg ulcers : an embodied suffering

    Författare :Britt Ebbeskog; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Communion; dressing change; elderly care; embodiment; intervention; lived experiences; phenomenological-hermeneutic; prevalence; nursing care; slow-healing wound; suffering and venous leg ulcer.;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate leg and foot ulcer patients, from the perspective of a population in a specific urban area, and to illuminate these individual patients' lived experience of living with slow-healing venous leg ulcers. Study (I) was a survey of chronic leg and foot ulcers and study (II) was a follow-up study of the wound healing rate and an intervention study. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Diabetic skin microangiopathy : studies on pathogenesis and treatment

    Författare :Majid Kalani; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Diabetes mellitus; chronic foot ulcers; skin microcirculation; peripheral arterial occlusive disease; blood coagulation; fibrinolysis; fibrin gel structure; low molecular weight heparin; dalteparin.;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Most of late diabetic complications have their basis in a disturbed microcirculation, i.e. diabetic microangiopathy. LÄS MER