Home Monitoring of Foot Skin Temperatures to Prevent Ulceration

2004367 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Lawrence A. Lavery · Texas A&M Health Science Center

Kevin R. Higgins

Dan R. Lanctot

George P. Constantinides

Ruben G. Zamorano

David G. Armstrong · Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Kyriacos A. Athanasiou · Rice University

C. Mauli Agrawal · Scott & White Memorial Hospital

Abstract

These results suggest that at-home patient self-monitoring with daily foot temperatures may be an effective adjunctive tool to prevent foot complications in individuals at high risk for lower-extremity ulceration and amputation.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Wound Healing and Treatments Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 27, Issue 11, pp. 2642-2647

DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.11.2642

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