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| Title |
Factors associated with amputation among patients with diabetic foot ulcers in a Saudi population
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-018-3372-z |
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| Authors |
Imad R. Musa, Mohanned O. N. Ahmed, Elsanousi Ibrahim Sabir, Ibrahim F. Alsheneber, Elsayed M. E. Ibrahim, Gussay Badawi Mohamed, Rasha Elamin Awadallah, Tarig Abbas, Gasim Ibrahim Gasim |
| Abstract |
A prospective study was conducted at the Armed Forces Hospital, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, between January 2015 and December 2016 to identify the risk factors associated with amputation among diabetic foot ulcers DFUs patients. In total, 82 patients were recruited. Fifty-five of the patients were males (67.07%), the mean (SD) age of the participants was 60 (± 11.4) years, the mean duration of diabetes was 8.5 (± 3.7) years, and the mean haemoglobin A1c was 4.8 (± 2.8)%. In Univariate analysis, older age and high white blood cell count (WBC) were factors associated with amputation (OR = 1.1, 95% CI = 1-1.1, P = 0.012; and OR = 383, 95% CI = 7.9-18,665, P = 0.003, respectively). On the other hand, an ischaemic ulcer was half as likely as a neuropathic ulcer to lead to amputation (OR = 0.5, 95% CI = 0.3-0.9, P = 0.036), and a higher Wagner's grade was found to be protective against amputation OR = 14.5, 95% CI = 4.3-49.4, P < 0.001. In conclusion, the current study showed that although a number of factors have been described to complicate diabetic ulcers by different researchers, none of those factors were identified in our study apart from older age and high WBC. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 80 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Researcher | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 43 | 54% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 3% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 45 | 56% |
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