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Podiatry Today
Many of us battle with hospital administration on a weekly or even daily basis. Trying to get our most valuable products or coveted devices past the desk of a hospital CFO or orthopedic OR manager is a constant struggle. We aim to treat our patients with the most up-to-date available products, but the reality is, patient care takes a back seat to healthcare cost containment.
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Lower Extremity Review
The ankle is a frequent site of arthropathy in patients with hemophilia, but orthotic devices and orthopedic shoes can help relieve this pain. New research suggests that carbon fiber ankle foot orthoses and orthopedic shoes also appear to have gait-related advantages in this patient population.
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Podiatry Management
Healing wounds requires
adequate circulation,
no infection, offloading
and regular debridement.
But after all
that, dressings are useful to protect
and maintain the wound environment
to facilitate healing. It would
be too presumptuous to assume that
the wound dressing independently
achieves healing. But dressings serve
several important purposes. The
main functions of a dressing are to
absorb exudate, prevent infection,
splint the wound area and for psychological
comfort.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Researchers evaluated treatment of osteomyelitis in the foot in the presence of Charcot neuroarthropathy, a devastating condition with progressive degeneration and joint destruction. They hypothesized that there was a difference in (1) amputation rate, (2) amputation level, (3) duration of antibiotic therapy and (4) duration of immobilization for treatment of osteomyelitis within versus outside the Charcot zone.
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Podiatry Today
Barbara Aung DPM writes:
I have been using a new multispectral infrared camera, the KD203 (Kent Imaging), for a few weeks now. My patients and I have been wowed by the images but I have been impressed more by the relevant clinical information I have available to me instantly while treating my wound care patients.
The device measures and displays quantified tissue oxygen saturation levels in superficial tissue. By obtaining an image prior to wound debridement, I can clearly see and quantify how much non-viable tissue I have in and around the wound.
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Medical Economics
The practice of medicine in our current healthcare system is making physicians sick, with levels of burnout and mental strain increasing across every specialty.
Burnout has become so bad that physicians are increasingly leaving the workforce, with the 2016 Physicians Foundation Report reporting that 49 percent of doctors were actively making plans to decrease patient care either by entering early retirement, changing to a nonclinical role or switching to a lower volume concierge-type practice.” Even more sadly, about 400 physicians per year stop seeing patients for the most tragic of cause: because they take their own lives.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
The hypermobility theory of the first ray is the reason for the popularization of procedures such as the modified Lapidus procedure involving arthrodesis of the first tarsal-metatarsal joint for correction of hallux valgus deformity.
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