Amna Rizvi | Author | SciTechnol | Endocrinology & Diabetes Rese

Amna Rizvi Author

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Subjects of specialization
Type 1 diabetes mellitus, Endocrine Disorders

Affiliation
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

Biography

Amna Rizvi Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. His publications include: 1.Rhee EJ (2015) Diabetes in Asians. Endocrinol Metab 30: 263-9. 2.Cho NH, Shaw JE, Karuranga S, Huang Y, da Rocha Fernandes JD, et al. (2018) IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates of diabetes prevalence for 2017 and projections for 2045. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 138: 271-81.

Publications

Research Article Open Access

Frequency of Neuropathic, Vascular and Neuroischemic Foot Ulcers in Diabetes and Risk of Infection with these Etiologies

Author(s):

Hafiza Ammarah Sadiq*, Mehwish Iftikhar, Muhammad Javed Ahmed, Amna Rizvi, and Muhammad Adeel Arshad

Background: Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) is a hazardous consequence of diabetic foot disease with a very high rate of amputation. Diabetic foot ulcers may be neuropathic, ischemic or neuro-ischemic in nature and the type of DFU influences the course of the disease and it is important in deciding the management of foot ulcer.

Objective: To determine the frequency of vascular, neuropathic and neuro-ischemic foot ulcers and to study the association of each type with the presence of infection presenting in a tertiary care diabetes center.

Material & Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted from July 2019 to December 2019 in diabetes management center services hospital Lahore. Adult patients presenting with diabetic foot ulcers were assessed for neu... view more»

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