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The Diabetic Foot

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Patients with diabetic foot may present as an emergency with sepsis (with or without ischaemia); they may also present with tissue loss.

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  1. Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, St Peter’s Hospital, Guildford Rd, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 0PZ, UK

    Magdy Moawad MB BCh, MSc, FRCS Ed, FRCS

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    Suresh S David

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Moawad, M. (2016). The Diabetic Foot. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2713-7_29

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