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Guiding Principle
The primary treatment goal for diabetic foot ulcers is to
obtain wound closure as expeditiously as possible.
No relevant disclosures
Debbie Christensen RN CWOCN
Manager Wound and Ostomy Department
Sacred Heart Medical Center
dchristensen@peacehealth.org
Office phone 541-222-2560
The urgency to close DFU’s
• 10 year prospective study of patients over 65, a
neuropathic ulcer was predictive for a 45% mortality rate
over 5 years.1