Amputations
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Encompass Network Partners ..Posted
Mon 23 Mar 2009 12:00am
FAST FACTS...
67% of amputations are done as the initial treatment
Only 50% get a thorough foot screening (ABI)before their amputation
75% of major lower extremity amputations are the cause of critical ischemia, the main consequence for renal failure patients
Estimated 85% of amputation are preventable
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Lower Leg Amputation
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Encompass Network Partners ..Posted
Mon 04 Jan 2010 10:28am
111,000 hospital discharges for lower extremity ulcers. There are more than 90,000 lower extremity amputationprocedures performed on patients with diabetes in the U.S. annually, which equates to one every six minutes. The mortality rate after amputations is about 40% at one year and 80% at five years. Five-year mortality rates after new-onset diabetic
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Diabetic Amputations Can Be Prevented
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Northcoast FootcarePosted
Thu 27 Aug 2009 11:29pm
Twenty-four million Americans have diabetes and 600,000 will develop foot ulcers every year. More than 25% of diabetics with ulcerations will end up with a lower extremity amputation. More than 80,00 lower extremity amputations are performed on diabetics every year. Experts say that many of these amputations are preventable with the proper education
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Amputation Statistics by Cause
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Victoria PowellPosted
Thu 21 Jan 2010 10:08pm
via amputee-coalition.org
* Upper-limb amputations accounted for the vast majority (68.6 percent) of all trauma-related amputations occurring during the study period.
* Males were at a significantly higher risk for trauma-related amputations than females.
* For both males and females, risk of traumatic amputations increased
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Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk ...
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Dr. Rubens D.Posted
Fri 22 May 2009 10:33pm
Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics
23 may 2009 -- The chances of having to have a limb amputated because of diabetes were reduced by 36 percent when people... milligrams of fenofibrate or a placebo daily for five years. The researchers reported that 115 people had lower-limb amputations attributed to diabetes.
People with previous
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Diabetes limb amputations on the rise
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GoToSeePosted
Tue 29 Dec 2009 3:04am
A new study from the UK has revealed that more people than ever are having limbs amputated because of type-2 diabetes.
Related News:Pre-diabetes warning to 7 million in the UK
Child cases of type 1...
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Podiatry Care Reduces Risk of Amputations
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DrGibsonPosted
Thu 19 Aug 2010 6:00am
Two recent studies have found that aggressive care of diabetic feet as part of a team approach involving a podiatrist will reduce the risk of amputations. As a diabetic, a podiatrist should be involved in your care with your other physicians.
Rosalinda Study
Duke Study
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Diabetic Amputations Can Be Prevented
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Northcoast FootcarePosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pmamputation. More than 80,00 lower extremity amputations are performed on diabetics every year. Experts say that many of these amputations are preventable with the proper education and appropriate treatment of ulcers. By preventing the development of ulcers, the risk of infection and gangrene is lessened and the potential for amputation drops dramatically. Educating
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Triglyceride, Cholesterol, and now Amputation
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Alan T.Posted
Fri 22 May 2009 5:51pm
down LDL and most importantly, triglycerides. Now, seems like it has a new role: To lower the risk of amputation in type 2 diabetic patients.
FIELD study showed that amputation risk (first amputation) in type 2 diabetic patients was lower by 36% in patients assigned with long-term fenofibrate, compared with placebo.
For minor amputation events
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Diabetics Have Higher Amputation Risk
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Northcoast FootcarePosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pm
In last month’s issue of Diabetes Care, a study in Sweden showed that diabetics are about eight times more likely than non-diabetics to have a lower extremity amputation. The researchers evaluated only lower limb amputations performed due to clogged arteries in the leg in individuals 45 years of age or older. They compared the rate of amputation among
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