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Editor in Chief :

Mahmoud Ashraf Ibrahim ,MD

Issues per Volume: Quarterly
Current Volume: 1
Current Issue : 1

Volume 1 number 1 Summer 2003
Special issue for the abstracts of the 7th Pan Arab Conference on Diabetes
PACD7 , 25 – 28 March 2003 Cairo

Abstract Number : 53
Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Prevention and Management Strategies

Kamilia Fouad/ Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

Foot problems are the most common indicator for hospitalization for people with diabetes mellitus consuming more than $one billion. In health care annually approximately14% of all patients with diabetes mellitus will develop a foot or leg ulcer during the course of the disease. In this article review we will consider who is at high risk for developing diabetes foot ulcer, examine the etiology of these wounds and discuss management plans and patient education.

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