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At-home foot temperature monitoring reduced foot complications in high risk patients with diabetes

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.8.3.80

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    Lavery LA, Higgins KR, Lanctot DR, et al. Home monitoring of foot skin temperatures to prevent ulceration. Diabetes Care 2004;27:2642–7.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Q What is the effectiveness of at-home, infrared foot temperature monitoring for preventing foot complications in high risk patients with diabetes?

    METHODS

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    randomised controlled trial.

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    {concealed}.*

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    {unblinded}.*

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    6 months.

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    high risk diabetes foot clinics at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    85 patients 18–80 years of age (mean age 55 y, 51% men) who had diabetes (World Health Organization criteria) and were at high risk of developing diabetic foot ulcerations (International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot risk group 2 or 3—ie, history of foot ulceration or lower extremity amputation, or peripheral sensory neuropathy with loss of protective sensation or foot deformity such as hallux valgus or claw toes). Exclusion criteria were open …

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    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • For correspondence: Dr L A Lavery, Scott and White Hosptial, Temple, TX, USA. llaveryswmail.sw.org

    • Source of funding: National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.