ReviewInternational journal of diabetes in developing countries2020
Managing diabetic foot in times of COVID-19: time to put the best 'foot' forward.
Review in International journal of diabetes in developing countries, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Understanding the interplay between COVID-19 and diabetes: insights for the post-pandemic era.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Patients' Buying Behavior for Non-Reimbursed Off-Loading Devices Used in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment-An Observational Study during COVID-19 Pandemic from a Romanian Physical Therapy Unit.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Cardiovascular/Stroke Risk Stratification in Diabetic Foot Infection Patients Using Deep Learning-Based Artificial Intelligence: An Investigative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Telehealth has comparable outcomes to in-person diabetic foot care during the COVID-19 pandemic.World journal of methodology · 2022Article
- Breakdown of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Care during the First Year of the Pandemic in Poland: A Retrospective National Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Management of diabetes-related foot disease in the outpatient setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.Internal medicine journal · 2021Article
- ICAM-1 levels in patients with covid-19 with diabetic foot ulcers: A prospective study in southeast asia.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- Characteristics of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Patients Pre- and During COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt From a National Referral Hospital in Indonesia.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has had an unparalleled impact on the socio-economic and healthcare structure of India. Due to our large populations of diabetic patients, who have an increased risk of worse outcomes with COVID-19 infection, it is of utmost public health importance to analyse the relationship between the two. The aim of our review was to analyse the possible relationship between COVID-19 infection and DFUs, which are a fairly common, yet serious complication in diabetic patients, as well as their management, under the given changing circumstances. METHODOLOGY: An extensive review of related educational articles was analysed from various databases.
resultsThe two main pathogenic mechanisms described in COVID-19 infection are a cytokine storm (causing ARDS) as well as an acquired coagulopathy, with widespread thrombosis. DFUs are associated with an underlying peripheral neuropathy, a chronic low-grade inflammatory state and peripheral arterial disease, which lead to chronic non-healing ulcers. Similarities seen in the pathogenic mechanisms of these two conditions make a bidirectional relationship highly plausible.
conclusionDue to the disruptions in the healthcare system brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in practice to a telehealth-driven approach, with emphasis on homecare and community clinics, need to be adopted, to ensure best possible care to patients with DFUs, in order to reduce their risk of DFU-related complications and need for hospitalization.
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