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International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot. In: International Consensus on the diabetic foot. International Working Group on the
Diabetic Foot. 1999. The Netherlands. P 20-96
Four Kinds of Chronic Wounds
o Pressure Ulcer
o Diabetic Ulcer
o Venous Ulcer
o Arterial Ulcer
Diabetic Ulcers
• Chronic ulcer in a diabetic patient, not
primarily due to other causes
• Extrinsic causes: smoking, friction, burn
• Intrinsic causes: neuropathy, macrovascular
and microvascular disease, immune
dysfunction, deformity, reopened previous
ulcer
Wagner Classification System
Grade Lesion
0 NO OPEN LESIONS, MAY HAVE
DEFORMITY OR CELLULITIS
1 Superficial ulcer
2 Deep ulcer to tendon or joint
capsule
3 Deep ulcer with abscess,
osteomyelitis, or joint sepsis
4 Local gangrene – forefoot or
heel
5 Gangrene of entire foot
Prevention
Wagner Classification System
Grade Lesion
0 No open lesions, may have
deformity or cellulitis
1 SUPERFICIAL ULCER
2 Deep ulcer to tendon or joint
capsule
3 Deep ulcer with abscess,
osteomyelitis, or joint sepsis
4 Local gangrene – forefoot or
heel
5 Gangrene of entire foot
Enough Enough
Oxygen proteins
HbA1C
Markers of Healing
Hemoglobin Male : 13.8 – 17.2 Female : 12.1 – 15.1
Albumin 3.4 – 5.4 g/dl
HbA1c < 5.7 %
Case: Infected Diabetic Foot
Case
Daily wound care is only application of saline moist gauze and dry gauze
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