scholarly journals A randomized controlled trial of the safety and efficacy of a topical gentamicin–collagen sponge in diabetic patients with a mild foot ulcer infection

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 205031211877395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilker Uçkay ◽  
Benjamin Kressmann ◽  
Sébastien Di Tommaso ◽  
Marina Portela ◽  
Heba Alwan ◽  
...  

Objectives: The initial phase of infection of a foot ulcer in a person with diabetes is often categorized as mild. Clinicians usually treat these infections with antimicrobial therapy, often applied topically. Some experts, however, believe that mild diabetic foot ulcer infections will usually heal with local wound care alone, without antimicrobial therapy or dressings. Methods: To evaluate the potential benefit of treatment with a topical antibiotic, we performed a single-center, investigator-blinded pilot study, randomizing (1:1) adult patients with a mild diabetic foot ulcer infection to treatment with a gentamicin–collagen sponge with local care versus local care alone. Systemic antibiotic agents were prohibited. Results: We enrolled a total of 22 patients, 11 in the gentamicin–collagen sponge arm and 11 in the control arm. Overall, at end of therapy, 20 (91%) patients were categorized as achieving clinical cure of infection, and 2 (9%) as significant improvement. At the final study visit, only 12 (56%) of all patients achieved microbiological eradication of all pathogens. There was no difference in either clinical or microbiological outcomes in those who did or did not receive the gentamicin–collagen sponge, which was very well tolerated. Conclusion: The results of this pilot trial suggest that topical antibiotic therapy with gentamicin–collagen sponge, although very well tolerated, does not appear to improve outcomes in mild diabetic foot ulcer infection.

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-227
Author(s):  
Risma Anggraeni Yuliastuti ◽  
Megah Andriany ◽  
Eka Putri Y.

The highest diabetic complication percentage is neuropathy (54%) causing diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). The study aimed to know the relationship between diabetic foot ulcer risk levels with diabetic ulcer severity levels. Scope of the study was diabetic wound care, particularly on legs mostly experienced by diabetic patients. The method used was descriptive correlation with cross sectional design. Sampling method was non probability with purposive sampling. Respondent number was 16 persons with inclusion criteria was diabetic patients with ulcer in one leg and no ulcer on another side in the second visitation to a diabetic clinic in Bekasi,Indonesia and agreed to be involved in the study. DFU risk level instrument modified from Diabetes Foot Screening and Risk Stratification Form of New Zealand Society for Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) to measure the DFU degree on legs with no ulcer. Another tool was to measure severity level of legs with ulcer according to Wagner. Data analysis used Kendall’s tau with 0.05 of significance level. The result shows there is no relationship between DFU risk levels with severity degree of diabetic ulcers. From the study, we can conclude that nurses do not need provide specific DFU prevention based on diabetic ulcer severity grade. 


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shimpo Aoki ◽  
Lauren R Bayer ◽  
Dennis P Orgill

Thirteen percent of diabetic patients will develop a foot ulcer, often associated with infection, vascular disease and biomechanical changes. Limb salvage offers the potential to restore function but does not correct the underlying metabolic disturbance. We review the surgical approach to diabetic foot infections including debridement, skin grafts, local flaps and a variety of new technologies. A comprehensive multidisciplinary approach is beneficial to optimize outcomes. The full range of reconstructive options available to plastic surgeons may be used in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. This review has 5 figures, 2 tables, and 20 references. Key words: Diabetic Foot Infection (DFI), Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU), Diabetes Mellitus (DM), wound care, foot infection, bacterial infection, surgical management, neuropathy, surgery of the lower extremity, deformities


Author(s):  
SATRIYA PRANATA

Introduction : Regular intervention of diabetic� foot ulcers is wound care. Patients often complain of pain when nurse performs wound care. If the pain is not resolved it will result in anxiety feeling. A routine intervention conducted so far is intra-breath in intervention to reduce pain, as it is expected by reducing the pain it will be followed by a decrease of patients� anxiety. Intra-breath intervention has not been able to reduce pain quickly on a moderate scale, especially high-scale so it is necessary to find out other alternative interventions. The available comparative intervention is TENS. The purpose of this study is to know the difference between intra-breath and TENS intervention in the level of anxiety in diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy in diabetic foot ulcer treatment. Method : This study used RCT method on 28 respondents divided into 14 intervention groups and 14 control groups. The anxiety of respondents was assessed using Hamilton Scale of Anxiety tools before and after conductin TENS intervention and intra-breath. TENS intervention was given for 15 minutes at a frequency of 100 Hz and intra-breath was given until the wound care intervention was completed. Result : The results showed that there was significant average difference of anxiety level between the use of TENS intervention and the use of intra-breath intervention in intervention group and the control group with value of P <0.05. TENS can reduce the level of anxiety with the value of P 0.000, while intra -breath is able to lower the level of anxiety with the value of P 0.006. Discussion : The respondents admitted the difficulty of experience maximum relaxation when wound care is done, this condition is related to the comfortable position of respondents. When wound care is done, the respondents can not relax maximaly because many of the foot that has ulcers should be padded with a pillow to maximize the treatment. Provision of TENS with a frecuency of 100 Hz is corresponding to the body�s bioelectricity, the patients that receive TENS intervention may become more rrelaxed with endorphine hormone release and decreasing of pain because the electricity blocks pain implans in the neural tube.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 513-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas F. Mavrogenis ◽  
Panayiotis D. Megaloikonomos ◽  
Thekla Antoniadou ◽  
Vasilios G. Igoumenou ◽  
Georgios N. Panagopoulos ◽  
...  

The lifetime risk for diabetic patients to develop a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is 25%. In these patients, the risk of amputation is increased and the outcome deteriorates. More than 50% of non-traumatic lower-extremity amputations are related to DFU infections and 85% of all lower-extremity amputations in patients with diabetes are preceded by an ulcer; up to 70% of diabetic patients with a DFU-related amputation die within five years of their amputation. Optimal management of patients with DFUs must include clinical awareness, adequate blood glucose control, periodic foot inspection, custom therapeutic footwear, off-loading in high-risk patients, local wound care, diagnosis and control of osteomyelitis and ischaemia. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2018;3:513-525. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.3.180010


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (02) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Paridah Paridah ◽  
Ana Damayanti ◽  
Indrawati Indrawati ◽  
Grace A Merentek ◽  
Sofyawati Yunus

ABSTRAK Penderita Diabetes Melitus (DM) memiliki potensi untuk menyebabkan banyak komplikasi baik yang dikelola dengan baik atau tidak dan banyak dari mereka tidak menyadari hal tersebut. Gangguan sensasi pada ekstermitas bawah, merupakan gejala awal komplikasi DM yang akan menjadi cikal bakal terjadinya Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU). Studi literature ini bertujuan untuk menampilkan hasil dari beberapa penelitian yang menggunakan IpTT dalam penelitian terhadap deteksi neuropati pada pasien DM. Metodologi yang digunakan untuk tinjauan ini adalah hasil telaah dari beberapa penelitian tentang  ”Ipswich Touch Test” yang dipublikasi pada tiga data base. Kami mengkategorikan studi berdasarkan tipe DM, metode penelitian yang dilakukan adalah ah Randomize Controlled Trial dengan systematic review. Kami membandingkan kesimpulan penelitian berdasarakan tingkat sensibilitas klien diabetes pada daerah perifer/DPN dengan IpTT. Temuan kami menunjukkan bahwa IpTT merupakan salah satu metode yang reliabel, valid mudah, murah dan tidak menimbulkan bahaya serta dapat diajarkan kepada pasien dan keluarga dalam mendeteksi risiko Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) pada penderita diabetes. IpTT juga memiliki nilai prediktif negatif yang tinggi dan keakuratan yang sangat baik bila dibandingkan dengan metode skrining standar mendukung perannya sebagai alat skrining untuk mendeteksi risiko DFU pada pasien diabetes. Kesimpulannya adalah IpTT merupakan salah satu metode untuk menilai tingkat sensibilitas pasien DM yang cukup sensitif, efektif, spesifik, mudah dilakukan tidak memerlukan biaya maupun alat serta tidak menimbulkan bahaya baik bagi pasien maupun pemeriksa dan dapat dilakukan oleh siapapun.   Kata kunci: Ipswich Touch Test,  neuropati,  sensibilitas   ABSTRACT   People with diabetes mellitus (DM) have the potential to cause many complications no matter how well-managed and most of them are unaware. Impaired sensation in the lower extremity, is an early warning of DM complications that will become a Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU). The aim of this study is to present the results from several studies using IPTT in research neuropathy of DM patients detection. The methodology used for this review is the result of several studies on the "Ipswich Touch Test" published on three data bases. We categorize studies based on type of DM, the research method is Randomize Controlled Trial with a systematic review. We compared the study conclusions based on the level of diabetes client sensibility in the peripheral area/DPN with IpTT. Our finding show that IpTT is a reliable, easy, inexpensive and harmless method and it can be taught to the patients and families in detecting the risk of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). IpTT also has a high negative predictive value and excellent accuracy when it compared to standard screening methods for supporting role as screening tool to detect the risk of DFU in diabetic patients. The conclusion is the IpTT as a method for assessing the level of DM patient sensibility is quite sensitive, effective, specific, easy to do, cost-free, without tools and harmless to both patients and examiners and it can be done simply by almost anyone.   Kata Kunci: Ipswich Touch Test, neuropathy, sensibility


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1495
Author(s):  
Yu-Chi Wang ◽  
Hsiao-Chen Lee ◽  
Chien-Lin Chen ◽  
Ming-Chun Kuo ◽  
Savitha Ramachandran ◽  
...  

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious complication in diabetic patients and lead to high morbidity and mortality. Numerous dressings have been developed to facilitate wound healing of DFUs. This study investigated the wound healing efficacy of silver-releasing foam dressings versus silver-containing cream in managing outpatients with DFUs. Sixty patients with Wagner Grade 1 to 2 DFUs were recruited. The treatment group received silver-releasing foam dressing (Biatain® Ag Non-Adhesive Foam dressing; Coloplast, Humlebaek, Denmark). The control group received 1% silver sulfadiazine (SSD) cream. The ulcer area in the silver foam group was significantly reduced compared with that in the SSD group after four weeks of treatment (silver foam group: 76.43 ± 7.41%, SSD group: 27.00 ± 4.95%, p < 0.001). The weekly wound healing rate in the silver foam group was superior to the SSD group during the first three weeks of treatment (p < 0.05). The silver-releasing foam dressing is more effective than SSD in promoting wound healing of DFUs. The effect is more pronounced in the initial three weeks of the treatment. Thus, silver-releasing foam could be an effective wound dressing for DFUs, mainly in the early period of wound management.


2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surajit Awsakulsutthi ◽  
Kwanjit Punpho ◽  
Jinpitcha Mamom ◽  
Pairat Baikrut ◽  
Patcharee Yingchoorod

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Ekanova R. N. Sumarauw ◽  
Mendy J. Hatibie ◽  
Djony E. Tjandra ◽  
Fredrik G. Langi

Abstract: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is still a health problem related to the extent amount of time in wound healing process hence increasing the treatment cost. Given any methods that are not sat-isfying, encourage the search of other methods that would increase the wound healing rate, in which hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is amongst them. The DFU patient that receives HBOT shows a significant increase in angiogenesis process markedly by faster epithelialization and granulation process. This study was aimed to prove that HBOT could accelerate the wound healing process among DFU patients measured by wound size and depth of PEDIS score. This was a ran-domized controlled trial study, conducted at Surgery Department of Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Gen-eral Hospital from September 2018 to March 2019. There were 20 DFU patients divided into two groups, each of 10 patients. The control group received a holistic treatment, meanwhile the HBOT group received a holistic treatment added with the inclusion of HBOT. PEDIS score assessment of DFU in HBOT group was measured before and after the third HBOT session, meanwhile the con-trol group was measured on the first and the third day. The results showed that the difference in PEDIS score value was markedly found in HBOT group compared to the control group (2 vs. 0, P=0.001). Conclusion: HBOT could enhance the wound healing process in DFU patients based on the declined PEDIS score.Keywords: HBOT, PEDIS score, diabetic foot ulcerAbstrak: Ulkus kaki diabetik (UKD) masih merupakan masalah kesehatan terkait proses penyembuhan lama sehingga biaya pengobatan meningkat. Belum adanya metode penanganan yang memuaskan, mendorong pencarian metode percepatan penyembuhan luka, salah satunya ialah terapi oksigen hiperbarik (TOHB). Penderita UKD yang menjalani tambahan TOHB diketahui mengalami peningkatan proses angiogenesis yang menghasilkan proses epitelialisasi dan granulasi yang lebih cepat. Tujuan penelitian ialah untuk membuktikan bahwa TOHB dapat mempercepat proses penyembuhan UKD, dinilai berdasarkan ukuran dan kedalaman luka melalui skor PEDIS. Penelitian ini menggunakan randomized controlled trial dan dilaksanakan di Bagian Bedah RSUP Prof. Dr. R.D. Kandou Manado sejak September 2018 sampai dengan Maret 2019. Subyek penelitian sebanyak 20 penderita UKD, dibagi dalam dua kelompok, masing-masing 10 penderita. Kelompok kontrol menjalani penanganan holistik UKD, sedangkan kelompok TOHB menjalani penanganan holistik UKD dengan TOHB. Penilaian skor PEDIS terhadap UKD pada kelompok TOHB dilakukan sebelum dan sesudah TOHB sesi ke-3, sedangkan pada kelompok kontrol dilakukan penilaian pada hari ke-1 dan hari ke-3 sesudahnya. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan bahwa perubahan skor PEDIS yang terjadi antara kedua pengukuran terlihat lebih besar pada kelompok TOHB dibandingkan kelompok kontrol (2 vs 0, P=0,001). Simpulan. TOHB mempercepat proses penyembuhan UKD dinilai dari penurunan skor PEDIS.Kata kunci: TOHB, skor PEDIS, ulkus kaki diabetik


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Ranti Ranti

According to the survey data of American Diabetes Association (ADA) in 2014, the global prevalence rate of DM patients in 2014 was 8,3% out of total population of the world, and it has increased to 387 cases in 2014. Sulistyowati, D. A. stated that in 2015 for the prevalence of the patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcer was 15% with the risk of amputation of 30%, mortality rate of 32%, and in Indonesia, diabetic foot ulcer is the disease whose probability to be hospitalized is 80%. This research aims at finding out the relation between the early wound stage and the length of wound care towards the patients of ulcus diabeticum at Cibinong General hospital in 2018. This study is a quantitative analytic research with the approach of cross sectional. The population of this research is 40 respondents, and the research sample is 40 respondents by taking the technique of Total Sampling. The data collection is derived from the observation sheet. Based on the research findings, it is known that 14 respondents (77.8%) who suffered from the stage I-II wound needed 3-5 day treatment. Moreover, 19 respondents (86,4%) who suffered from stage III-IV wound needed 6-8 day treatment. The result of statistical test by taking cremer von mises test derived the value p=0,000 meaning that p value <0,05 signifies Ha received. This indicates that there is a significant relation between the early wound stage and the length of wound care towards the patients of ulcus diabeticum. Result analysis also obtains the value OR of 22.167 meaning that the wound stage III-IV will have the possibility of influencing the length of wound care of 22.167 times compared to the stage I-II. There is a relation between the early wound stage and the length of wound care towards the patients of ulcus diabeticum at Cibinong General Hospital. This research finding is expected to be a recommendation for the patients suffering from ulcus diabeticum, particularly those who suffer from stage III-IV with a long wound care.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfamichael G. Mariam ◽  
Abebaw Alemayehu ◽  
Eleni Tesfaye ◽  
Worku Mequannt ◽  
Kiber Temesgen ◽  
...  

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder which is characterized by multiple long-term complications that affect almost every system in the body. Foot ulcers are one of the main complications of diabetes mellitus. However, there is limited evidence on the occurrence of foot ulcer and influencing factors in Ethiopia. An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Gondar University Hospital, Ethiopia, to investigate foot ulcer occurrence in diabetic patients. Systematic random sampling was used to select 279 study participants. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with diabetic foot ulcer. Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was computed to determine the level of significance. Diabetic foot ulcer was found to be 13.6%. Rural residence [AOR = 2.57; 95% CI: 1.42, 5.93], type II diabetes mellitus [AOR = 2.58; 95% CI: 1.22, 6.45], overweight [AOR = 2.12; 95% CI: 1.15, 3.10], obesity [AOR = 2.65; 95% CI: 1.25, 5.83], poor foot self-care practice [AOR = 2.52; 95% CI: 1.21, 6.53], and neuropathy [AOR = 21.76; 95% CI: 8.43, 57.47] were factors associated with diabetic foot ulcer. Diabetic foot ulcer was found to be high. Provision of special emphasis for rural residence, decreasing excessive weight gain, managing neuropathy, and promoting foot self-care practice would decrease diabetic foot ulcer.


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