Diabetic Foot: A Clinical Atlas by Sharad Pendsey is a clinical atlas of the diabetic foot being a comprehensive volume that includes over 600 colored illustrations and over 50 case studies. This most dreaded and agonizing disease which is regarded with hopelessness has been dealt with great care to provide to the healthcare professionals expert knowledge to prevent amputation of the foot. The text emphasizes the need for preventive foot care and footwear, regular inspection and examination particularly in consultation with family members of the patient for the management of the diabetic foot as it is the most dreaded disability. This clinical atlas describes all aspects of the disease with illustrations and case reports depicting the varied diabetic foot problems.
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‘This atlas is a welcome addition for anyone involved in the care of the diabetic limb and foot.’ – Doody’s Review, July 2005
Table of Contents for Diabetic Foot: A Clinical Atlas:
SECTION ONE:UNDERSTAND THE DIABETIC FOOT
1. Introduction
2. Gait (Walking) Cycle
3. Biomechanics
4. Great Toe
5. Heel
6. Examination of Feet
7. Classification and Staging
SECTION TWO: NEUROPATHIC FOOT
8. Etiopathogenesis of Neuropathic Ulcers
9. Sharp Injuries
10. Shoe Bite
11. Rat Bite
12. Thermal Injuries
13. Bullosum Diabeticorum
14. Lateral Malleolar Bursitis
15. Fissures (Cracks)
16. Intrinsic Minus Foot
17. Deformities
18. Limited Joint Mobility (LJM)
19. Plantar Callus
20. Charcot Foot
21. Local Gigantism
22. Lessons from Leprosy Foot
23. Plantar Ulcers, Management Principles
SECTION THREE: NAIL AND SKIN LESIONS
24. Nail Lesions
25. Diabetic Dermopathy
26. Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum
SECTION FOUR: INFECTED NEUROPATHIC FOOT
27. Etiopathogenesis and Diagnosis of Foot Infection
28. Non-Limb Threatening Infection
29. Management of Non-Limb Threatening Infection
30. Limb Threatening Infection
31. Management of Limb Threatening Infection
32. Necrotizing Fascitis
33. Life-Threatening Infection
SECTION FIVE: NEUROISHEMIC FOOT
34. Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Ischemia
35. Medial Arterial Calcification (Monckeberg’s Sclerosis)
36. Evaluation of Neuroischemic Foot
37. Management of Neuroischemic Foot
SECTION SIX: AMPUTATION
38. Gravity of the Problem of Leg Amputation
39. Minor and Major Amputations
40. Rehabilitation of the Amputee,
SECTION SEVEN: PREVENTION OF THE DIABETIC FOOT
41. Life Long Surveillance of the High-risk Feet
42. Preventive Footwear
43. Diabetic Foot Clinical and Team Approach
44. Patient Education
SECTION EIGHT: OTHER ASPECTS
45. Learning from Failures
46. Maggots (Larval Therapy)
47. Newer Dressings
48. Newer Therapies
About Sharad Pendsey:
Sharad Pendsey is a consultant in diabetology and the Director of Diabetes Clinic and Research Centre, Dhantoli, Nagpur, India. He has several original publications to his credit and is the author of the book Practical Management of Diabetes. He has been a recipient of many national and international awards, such as the “International Amputation Prevention Award” and “Vuk Vrhovac Award” for his work on leprosy foot. He was the national president of the Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI) and is a member of the international working group on the diabetic foot. He has been a regular faculty at national and international scientific meetings. he has contributed chapters on the Diabetic Foot in the Textbook of Medicine published by API and Textbook of Diabetes published by RSSDI. He is the managing trustee of ‘DREAM Trust’, a registered charity with two main objectives of prevention of the diabetic foot and providing free insulin to poor diabetic children.
Book Details:
Title: Diabetic Foot: A Clinical Atlas
Author: Sharad Pendsey
Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Published: December 31, 2003
Language: English
Format: Hardback
Pages: 218
ISBN-10: 8180611671
ISBN-13: 978-8180611674
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