Ian Alfred Condat Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
East Avenue Medical Center, Philippines
Ronald Chua has completed his MD-MBA at the age of 25 years from Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health and an internal medicine residency from East Avenue Medical Centre. 29th World Diabetes & Heart Congress; Tokyo, Japan June 23-24, 2020.
Special Issue Article Open Access
Author(s): Ronald D. Chua, MD, Ian Alfred Condat, MD
Diabetic foot ulcers are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in diabetics. This study aims to assess the management of diabetic foot ulcers in East Avenue Medical Center in the last five years and compare it with the standard guideline of care. A total of 267 charts were reviewed from 2013 to 2017 of patients with diabetic foot ulcers. The mean age of the patients was 57.31 years, while their mean HbA1c was 10.39%. The average duration of diabetes among the patients was 7.54 years. 41.95% of all patients received surgical intervention. The average number of days of hospital stay is 18.96 days. 14.61% of the total admission had adverse clinical outcome during their hospital stay. The most common of which were hospital acquir... view moreĀ»