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[Diabetic neuropathy and diabetic foot syndrome (Update 2019)]
Monika Lechleitner1, Heidemarie Abrahamian2, Claudia Francesconi3
1Interne Abteilung, Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl-Natters, Hochzirl, 6170, Zirl, Österreich. monika.lechleitner@tirol-kliniken.at.
Abstract:
These are the guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of diabetic neuropathy and diabetic foot. Diabetic neuropathy comprises a number of mono- and polyneuropathies, plexopathies, radiculopathies and autonomic neuropathy.The position statement summarizes characteristic clinical symptoms and techniques for diagnostic assessment of diabetic neuropathy, including the complex situation of the diabetic foot syndrome. Recommendations for the therapeutic management of diabetic neuropathy, especially for the control of pain in sensorimotor neuropathy, are provided. The needs to prevent and treat diabetic foot syndrome are summarized.
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