Management of diabetes-related foot disease in the outpatient setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bingyan PangPriyal M ShahLaurens ManningJ Carsten RitterJonathan HiewEmma J HamiltonPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2021)
The use of telephone and/or video consultation in routine management of acute diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at a tertiary hospital is unprecedented. In March 2020, the Diabetes Feet Australia (DFA) released a national guideline to inform DFD management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to describe the adherence to the DFA guideline of managing acute DFD using telephone and/or video consultation at a Western Australian tertiary hospital during this period. We found >80% adherence rate to the DFA guideline and the management of active DFD using telephone and/or video consultations was feasible and acceptable in carefully selected patients.
Keyphrases
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- glycemic control
- coronavirus disease
- liver failure
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- south africa
- primary care
- drug induced
- intensive care unit
- quality improvement
- insulin resistance
- clinical practice
- metabolic syndrome
- aortic dissection
- skeletal muscle
- hepatitis b virus