Characteristics of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Patients Pre- and During COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt From a National Referral Hospital in Indonesia.

Em YunirTri Juli Edi TariganEni IswatiAngela SarumpaetEunike Vania ChristabelDelina WidiyantiWismandari WisnuDyah PurnamasariFarid KurniawanMartha RosanaFitri AnestheritaAkhmadu MuradiDicky L Tahapary

Published in: Journal of primary care & community health (2022)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with DFU had more severe infection, higher proportion of osteomyelitis, longer waiting time for getting surgical intervention, and higher incidence of major amputation.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
randomized controlled trial
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
primary care
risk factors
peritoneal dialysis
early onset
emergency department