Observational studyInternational wound journal2021
Outcomes and prognosis of diabetic foot ulcers treated by an interdisciplinary team in Canada.
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- A bibliometric analysis of global research hotspots and development trends in diabetic wound treatment.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative analysis of surgical and non-surgical wound approaches in diabetic foot ulcer treatment: Meta-analysis and systematic review.International wound journal · 2024Pooled it
- Improving Diabetic Foot Care Through a Multidisciplinary Clinic: Experience From Pilgrim Hospital, UK.Cureus · 2025Article
- Progress in the application of ablative fractional lasers in chronic wounds.Lasers in medical science · 2025Review
- Outcome of Rotation Flap Combined with Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Plantar Diabetic Foot Ulcers.Archives of plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Towards a Remote Patient Monitoring Platform for Comprehensive Risk Evaluations for People with Diabetic Foot Ulcers.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Developing an interprofessional decision support tool for diabetic foot ulcers management in primary care within the family medicine group model: a Delphi study in Canada.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- A novel Canadian multidisciplinary acute care pathway for people hospitalised with a diabetic foot ulcer.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Prognostic factors for delayed healing of complex wounds in adults: A scoping review.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Remission Strategies with Fat Grafting to Prevent Recurrence of Pedal Ulcerations and Pain: A Case Series.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Prognostic Factors for Delayed Healing of Complex Wounds in Adults: A Scoping Review Protocol.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2022Article
- Machine Learning Models for Predicting the Risk of Hard-to-Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers in a Chinese Population.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Article
- Outcomes and prognosis of diabetic foot ulcers treated by an interdisciplinary team in Canada.International wound journal · 2021Observational
- How Diabetic Foot Ulcer Patients Can Self-Treat Wound Care: An Integrative Literature Review.SAGE open nursingReview
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the wound healing outcomes of patients with a plantar diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) treated with an interdisciplinary team approach, and to identify associated variables. A retrospective observational cohort study of 140 adult patients, with a plantar DFU, treated between 2012 and 2018 at a wound care clinic of a University affiliated hospital was conducted. Predictive and explicative analyses were conducted with logistic multivariate methods and with a Receiver Operating Characteristics curve. The best predictor of wound healing at 3 months was a 41.8% wound size reduction at 4 weeks (AUC: 0.86; sensitivity: 83.1%; specificity: 67.2%, positive predictive value: 72.8%; negative predictive value: 78.9%; positive and negative likelihood ratios: 2.53 and 0.25, respectively). Main baseline variables independently associated with this predictor were: a monophasic Doppler waveform (OR 7.52, 95% CI [2.64-21.39]), cigarette smoking (OR 4.7, 95% CI [1.44-15.29]), and male gender (OR 3.58, 95% CI [1.30-9.87]). The health care provider should be cautious and intensify its management of DFUs particularly with patients of male gender; smoking, having a monophasic waveform with a hand-held Doppler, and not achieving a minimal 41.8% wound area reduction at 4 weeks of treatment.
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