Diabetes and Endocrinology

Footcare in Diabetes

The large multi-centre RCT investigating a dressing that for the first time, according to the manufacturer, generates a sustained release of nitric oxide (NO) on the wound. For this study they recruited patients from 10 diabetic foot clinics across the UK. To be included, patients needed to have a superficial DFU of >2.5cm2 and a palpable pulse or ankle brachial index (ABI) >0.5.Patients were then randomized (by computer) to receive the NO dressing every 2 days (intervention group) or receive a dressing chosen by their treating clinician as often as they needed (control group).

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