PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Robbins, Jeffrey M.
AU  - Nicklas, Bonnie J.
AU  - Augustine, Sarah
TI  - Reducing the rate of amputations in acute diabetic foot infections
DP  - 2006 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 679--683
VI  - 73
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/7/679.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/7/679.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2006 Jul 01; 73
AB  - Many older diabetic patients present to the emergency room with limb-threatening foot complications, and may at the same time need attention to life-threatening endocrine, cardiac, or renal complications. To better serve the elderly veteran population at our institution, we designed a multidisciplinary, algorithmic approach that links the podiatry and medicine services to facilitate appropriate referral, admission, and management, with the ultimate goal of reducing the rate of amputations.