Diabetic foot natural history, complications and prognosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anahita Deylamsalehi, M.D.[2] Vishnu Vardhan Serla M.B.B.S. [3] Usama Talib, BSc, MD [4]
Overview
The complications of diabetic foot ulcers include infection, sepsis, osteomyelitis and death.
Natural History
- Diabetic foot as a known complication of diabetes is more related to diabetes mellitus type 2, compared to type 1 diabetes.[1][2]
- Diabetic patients who are at risk of foot ulceration develop diabetic foot, which then may get infected. The final state of diabetic foot is a necrotic foot.[3]
- Based on a study, factors such as elevated body mass index and osteomyelitis prolong the wound healing process.[4]
- If left untreated diabetic ulcer may progress to infection, sepsis, or osteomyelitis. According to an estimate 20% of significant diabetic foot ulcers end up requiring an amputation. Untreated diabetic foot ulcer cab lead to death of the affected individual.[5]
Complications
- Diabetic foot ulcer can cause many complications including:[5][6][7][8][4]
- Infection:
- Diabetic foot infection is the most common cause of hospitalization in diabetic patients.
- Sepsis
- Osteomyelitis
- Gangrene
- Lower limb amputation
- It is estimated that roughly half of non traumatic lower limb amputation is due to diabetic foot in North America and Europe.
- Factors such as old age, peripheral vascular disease, transcutaneous oxygen reduction, poor glycemic control, osteomyelitis and smoking increase the risk of amputation in diabetic foot patients.
- Death
- Patients with diabetic foot have an increased risk of all-cause mortality, especially cardiovascular disorders, compared with patients with diabetes without a history of diabetic foot ulcer.
- Infection:
- Complications of diabetic foot have been more common in male patients and individuals older than 60 years old.[8]
Prognosis
- If left untreated prognosis could be very bad and it eventually can lead to death.[5]
- The 5 year risk of mortality in diabetic patients with a foot ulcer is 2.5 times higher than diabetic individuals without a foot ulcer.[5]
- The presence of a single ulcer is associated with a particularly good prognosis among patients with diabetic foot, compared to multiple ulcers.[9]
References
- ↑ Zhang P, Lu J, Jing Y, Tang S, Zhu D, Bi Y (2017). "Global epidemiology of diabetic foot ulceration: a systematic review and meta-analysis †". Ann Med. 49 (2): 106–116. doi:10.1080/07853890.2016.1231932. PMID 27585063.
- ↑ Moura Neto A, Zantut-Wittmann DE, Fernandes TD, Nery M, Parisi MC (2013). "Risk factors for ulceration and amputation in diabetic foot: study in a cohort of 496 patients". Endocrine. 44 (1): 119–24. doi:10.1007/s12020-012-9829-2. PMID 23124278.
- ↑ Edmonds M (2006). "Diabetic foot ulcers: practical treatment recommendations". Drugs. 66 (7): 913–29. doi:10.2165/00003495-200666070-00003. PMID 16740006.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dutra LMA, Melo MC, Moura MC, Leme LAP, De Carvalho MR, Mascarenhas AN; et al. (2019). "Prognosis of the outcome of severe diabetic foot ulcers with multidisciplinary care". J Multidiscip Healthc. 12: 349–359. doi:10.2147/JMDH.S194969. PMC 6506632 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 31118658. - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Armstrong DG, Boulton AJM, Bus SA (2017). "Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Their Recurrence". N Engl J Med. 376 (24): 2367–2375. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1615439. PMID 28614678.
- ↑ Gardner SE, Frantz RA (2008). "Wound bioburden and infection-related complications in diabetic foot ulcers". Biol Res Nurs. 10 (1): 44–53. doi:10.1177/1099800408319056. PMC 3777233. PMID 18647759.
- ↑ Brownrigg JR, Davey J, Holt PJ, Davis WA, Thompson MM, Ray KK; et al. (2012). "The association of ulceration of the foot with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes: a meta-analysis". Diabetologia. 55 (11): 2906–12. doi:10.1007/s00125-012-2673-3. PMID 22890823.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Rathur HM, Boulton AJ (2007). "The diabetic foot". Clin Dermatol. 25 (1): 109–20. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2006.09.015. PMID 17276208.
- ↑ Ndosi M, Wright-Hughes A, Brown S, Backhouse M, Lipsky BA, Bhogal M; et al. (2018). "Prognosis of the infected diabetic foot ulcer: a 12-month prospective observational study". Diabet Med. 35 (1): 78–88. doi:10.1111/dme.13537. PMC 5765512. PMID 29083500.