Charcot foot: Skin temperature as a good clinical parameter for predicting disease outcome

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• 作者：Arnaldo Moura-Neto^a ; ^{arnaldo.mouraneto@gmail.com} ; Tulio Diniz Fernandes^b ; Denise Engelbrecht Zantut-Wittmann^a ; Rafael Ortiz Trevisan^b ; Marcos Hideyo Sakaki^b ; Alexandre Leme Godoy Santos^b ; Marcia Nery^c ; Maria Candida Ribeiro Parisi^a ; ^c
• 关键词：Charcot's disease ; Diabetic neuropathy ; Consolidation time ; Skin temperature ; Clinical markers
• 刊名：Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：96
• 期：2
• 页码：e11-e14
• 全文大小：259 K

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Summary

Twenty-eight diabetics presenting with acute Charcot foot were immobilized and the temperature difference between limbs measured at each month. All patients had monthly follow-up visits for a year and the relapse rate was zero. We found that skin temperature is a good parameter to ensure safe immobilization withdrawal.