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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Diabetic Foot
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Pie Diabético
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Pé Diabético
Synonyms
English
:
Foot Ulcer, Diabetic
Tree Number:
C14.907.320.191
C17.800.893.592.450.200
C19.246.099.500.191
C19.246.099.937.250
Definition
English
:
Common
foot
problems in
persons
with
DIABETES MELLITUS
, caused by any combination of factors such as
DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES
;
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES
; and
INFECTION
. With the loss of
sensation
and poor circulation, injuries and infections often
lead
to severe
foot
ulceration,
GANGRENE
and
AMPUTATION.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate IM with specific type of
diabetes mellitus
(IM) if pertinent
History Note
English
:
94
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
31512
Unique Identifier:
D017719
Occurrence in VHL
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