Abstract

MARTINEZ DELGADO, MM. Clinical case: complicated diabetic foot ulcer. Rev. esp. sanid. penit. [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.3, pp.121-124.  Epub June 07, 2021. ISSN 2013-6463.

Description of a clinical case of a long-standing diabetic patient, who on admission to prison presents ulcerations on both feet, of ten years of evolution. Until his admission to the Penitentiary Center he has suffered repeated hospital admissions, repeatedly proposing amputation, which the patient refused.

The objective of this work is to demonstrate the importance of performing an etiological diagnosis of the lesion, taking into account all the factors that are present in a diabetic foot lesion.

Keywords : Nursing Care; Diabetic Foot; Diagnosis; Etiology.

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