Department of Podiatry, Fiona Stanley Hospital, South Metropolitan Health Services, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Intern Med J. 2021 Jul;51(7):1146-1150. doi: 10.1111/imj.15392.
The use of telephone and/or video consultation in routine management of acute diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at a tertiary hospital is unprecedented. In March 2020, the Diabetes Feet Australia (DFA) released a national guideline to inform DFD management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to describe the adherence to the DFA guideline of managing acute DFD using telephone and/or video consultation at a Western Australian tertiary hospital during this period. We found >80% adherence rate to the DFA guideline and the management of active DFD using telephone and/or video consultations was feasible and acceptable in carefully selected patients.
在 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行之前,三级医院在急性糖尿病相关足部疾病(DFD)的常规管理中使用电话和/或视频咨询是前所未有的。2020 年 3 月,澳大利亚糖尿病足部协会(DFA)发布了一项国家指南,为 COVID-19 大流行期间的 DFD 管理提供信息。本研究旨在描述在 COVID-19 大流行期间,西澳大利亚州一家三级医院在管理急性 DFD 时,对使用电话和/或视频咨询的 DFA 指南的遵守情况。我们发现,>80%的患者遵守 DFA 指南,使用电话和/或视频咨询来管理活动性 DFD 是可行且可接受的,只要对患者进行仔细选择。