1. Management of diabetes-related foot disease in the outpatient setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Author
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Pang B, Shah PM, Manning L, Ritter JC, Hiew J, and Hamilton EJ
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- Australia epidemiology, Humans, Outpatients, Pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Diabetes Mellitus, Foot Diseases, Telemedicine
- Abstract
The use of telephone and/or video consultation in routine management of acute diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at a tertiary hospital is unprecedented. In March 2020, the Diabetes Feet Australia (DFA) released a national guideline to inform DFD management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to describe the adherence to the DFA guideline of managing acute DFD using telephone and/or video consultation at a Western Australian tertiary hospital during this period. We found >80% adherence rate to the DFA guideline and the management of active DFD using telephone and/or video consultations was feasible and acceptable in carefully selected patients., (© 2021 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.)
- Published
- 2021
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