Post the Pandemic: How will COVID-19 Transform Diabetic Foot Disease Management?

摘要

I have learned that traditional healthcare delivery models for managing chronic illness like diabetes are not at scale to handle situations like the global COVID-19 crisis. For instance, because of the drastic containment and mitiga- tion measures, other parts of the healthcare system are leaving fragile patients including individuals with diabe- tes without necessary services. This is disrupting the best practices for preventing diabetes-related complications including diabetic foot syndrome (DFS), such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), infection, and gangrene.