TY - BOOK AU - Bowker, J H AU - Pfeifer, M A TI - Levin and O'Neal's the diabetic foot SN - 9780323041454 PY - 2008/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Mosby/Elsevier KW - Endocrinology N1 - Epidemiology and economic impact of foot ulcers and amputations in people with diabetes -- Diabetes mellitus: old assumptions and new realities -- Neuropathic problems of the lower limbs in diabetic patients -- Hemorheology: principles and concepts -- Atherosclerosis and thrombosis in diabetes mellitus: new aspects of pathogenesis -- The biomechanics of the foot in diabetes mellitus -- Cutaneous manifestations of diabetes mellitus -- Nutricitonal issues in the patient with diabetes and foot ulcers -- Classification of foot lesions in diabetes patients -- Imaging of the diabetic foot -- Noninvasive vascular testing in the evaluation of diabetic peripheral arterial disease -- The charcot foot (pied de charcot) -- Off-loading for diabetic foot disease -- Infectious problems of the foot in diabetic patients -- Wound healing in the diabetic foot -- Radiologic intervention in diabetic peripheral vascular disease -- Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treament of the diabetic foot -- Surgical pathology of the foot and clinicopathologic correlations -- Medical management of patients with diabetes mellitus during the perioperative period -- Minor and major lower-limb amputation in persons with diabetes mellitus -- Lower-limb arterial reconstruction in patients with diabetes mellitus: principles of treatment -- Plastic surgical reconstruction of the diabetic foot -- Charcot neuroarthopathy of the foot: surgical aspects -- Diabetic foot problems and their management around the world -- Organization and operation of an education- and research-based diabetic foot clinic -- Role of the podiatrist in the care of the diabetic foot -- Role of the wound care nurse -- Pedorthic care of the diabetic foot: correlation with risk category -- Rehabilitation of the diabetic amputee -- Lower-limb self-management education -- Psychosocial aspects of diabetic foot complications -- Diagnostic and procedural coding -- Medical-legal aspects of treating diabetic foot problems ER -