Artículos de revistas
Charcot foot: Skin temperature as a good clinical parameter for predicting disease outcome
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Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. Elsevier, v.96, n.2, p.E11-E14, 2012
0168-8227
WOS:000303668000001
10.1016/j.diabres.2011.12.029
Autor
Moura-Neto, Arnaldo
Fernandes, Tulio Diniz
Zantut-Wittmann, Denise Engelbrecht
Trevisan, Rafael Ortiz
Sakaki, Marcos Hideyo
Godoy Santos, Alexandre Leme
Nery, Marcia
Ribeiro Parisi, Maria Candida
Institución
Resumen
Twenty-eight diabetics presenting with acute Charcot foot were immobilized and the temperature difference between limbs measured at each month. All patients had monthly follow-up visits for a year and the relapse rate was zero. We found that skin temperature is a good parameter to ensure safe immobilization withdrawal. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. 96 2 E11 E14