Pivotal events: Important markers for planning tertiary prevention of lower extremity amputation
✍ Scribed by B. Peter; P. Kozlovski; D. Janjic; J.-Ph. Assal
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0738-3991
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✦ Synopsis
Patknla with dllctes nr often cncmwa~d to monilot their glumse cana?ntmtl~~ lcitkr by blood ur urine u&g) and record their results lo a dimy 10 help them M tki diabetic mntml. The aim of WI study wax to er~ablbb how may patients in the diaktk clinic paassed a diary, bw otlsn thy monitored and recorded their gJucc6e read& and pnimlarly if they tbcn attempted to improve their diabaic cantml by m to the gbxw read&. We devixd a sbttple questiotmaltc ta dttain the abovc infomtation, wbicb m cdkcted Fmm 203 pat*nts wet 5 L-mtsecutlvc out ptien1 clltda The testdts show that 01 the 268 patk.ots_ 131 (63%) mydcIded a dbm. A number of tmticnts did nut t&rut their to their tesults in'ordcr to ty m' & their d&tic cottlml 3Y/l31 (3O%L In conclusion ahhougb p&w use diaries to mottitot their glucose concentrations theb usefulncm in klpbtg patients manage their cwn diabetes and impmvs metabolic aatml may k limited. indiated by tk