Preventing amputations from diabetes mellitus: the Indian Health Service experience
West Indian med. j
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50(supl.1): 41-43, Mar. 1-4, 2001.
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en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
With the heavy burden of diabetes mellitus among American Indians and Alaskan Natives, lower-extremity amputation (LEA) has become a common complication. Rates of diabetes-related LEA are 2-3 times those observed in other diabetic populations. During the past 12 years, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has made LEA prevention a public health priority. From 1988 to 1992 screening criteria based on simple examinations were developed and validated in primary care Settings. Prevention efforts have focused on targeting high-risk individuals for self-care foot education, provision of protective footwear, and routine podiatry care. Follow-up studies in Alaska and northern Minnesota saw 25-50reductions in LEA rates associated with these interventions. In settings where these efforts were augmented with system changes, such as team coordination, patient-tracking systems, comprehensive footcare practice guidelines, flowsheets, and outreach programmes, LEA incidence was reduced by 50-75. Efforts are currently underway to disseminate system-based approaches for comprehensive diabetic footcare and to expand the availability of foot care resources to tribal communities served by the IHS.
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Asunto principal:
Indígenas Norteamericanos
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Pie Diabético
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Amputación Quirúrgica
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Guía de Práctica Clínica
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Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
America del Norte
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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Congreso y conferencia
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Institución/País de afiliación:
Bemidji Area Indian Health Service/US
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