All-cause mortality among diabetic foot patients and related risk factors in Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Al RubeaanMohammad K AlmashouqAmira M YoussefHamid Al-QumaidiMohammad Al DerwishSamir OuiziKhalid Al-ShehriSaba N MasoodiPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Diabetic patients with diabetic foot complications have an excess mortality rate when compared with diabetic counterparts without foot complications and the general population. Early interventions to prevent foot ulceration and consequent LEA as well as all the measurements for reducing the prevalence of microvascular and macrovascular complications should be considered.