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Title: | Establishing differences in thermographic patterns between the various complications in diabetic foot disease |
Authors: | Gatt, Alfred Falzon, Owen Cassar, Kevin Ellul, Christian Camilleri, Kenneth P. Gauci, Jean Mizzi, Stephen Mizzi, Anabelle Sturgeon, Cassandra Camilleri, Liberato Chockalingam, Nachiappan Formosa, Cynthia |
Keywords: | Diabetes -- Complications Foot -- Diseases Diabetic neuropathies Foot -- Surgery Diabetic foot |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Hindawi |
Citation: | Gatt, A., Falzon, O., Cassar, K., Ellul, C., Camilleri, K. P., Gauci, J., ... & Chockalingam, N. (2018). Establishing differences in thermographic patterns between the various complications in diabetic foot disease. International Journal of Endocrinology, 9808295. |
Abstract: | Aim. To evaluate the potential of thermography as an assessment tool for the detection of foot complications by understanding the variations in temperature that occur in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods. Participants were categorized according to a medical examination, ankle brachial index, doppler waveform analysis, and 10-gram monofilament testing into five groups: healthy adult, DM with no complications, DM with peripheral neuropathy, DM with neuroischaemia, and DM with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) groups. Thermographic imaging of the toes and forefeet was performed. Results. 43 neuroischaemic feet, 41 neuropathic feet, 58 PAD feet, 21 DM feet without complications, and 126 healthy feet were analyzed. The temperatures of the feet and toes were signi ficantly higher in the complications group when compared to the healthy adult and DM healthy groups. The higher the temperatures of the foot in DM, the higher the probability that it is affected by neuropathy, neuroischaemia, or PAD. Conclusions. Signi ficant differences in mean temperatures exist between participants who were healthy and those with DM with no known complications when compared to participants with neuroischaemia, neuropathy, or PAD. As foot temperature rises, so does the probability of the presence of complications of neuropathy, neuroischaemia, or peripheral arterial disease. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55621 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciSOR |
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