02/14/2022    

PODIATRISTS AND DIABETES

New DFU Guidelines Highlight Importance of Nutrition

 

New guidelines endorsed by the American Limb Preservation Society highlighted the importance of nutrition in wound healing for adults with diabetes, who also experience diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). The guidelines stated that nutritional interventions were “recommended for all patients who could benefit now or in the future from nutritional care.”

 

Dr. David Armstrong

 

Study author David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, American Limb Preservation Society noted the new guidelines are designed to assist the clinician to "accomplish the difficult goal of improved outpatient nutrition to support the healing DFU wound.” Particularly, the guidelines stressed the importance of a multidisciplinary care team and how clinicians communicate with patients on the conceptualization of diabetes and its management, which may play a crucial role in treatment outcomes.

 

Source: Connor Iapoce, HPC Live [2/10/22]