The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010

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dc.contributor.advisorLevitt, Naomi Sen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHellenberg, Dereken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDunbar, Graeme Leslieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-27T09:37:07Z
dc.date.available2015-01-27T09:37:07Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDiabetes is the most common non-communicable disease worldwide and contributes to substantial morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing and reaching epidemic proportions, with the largest increase being seen in developing countries, including South Africa. Among the many complications of diabetes, lower extremity amputations are common, with a leg being lost to diabetes somewhere in the world every thirty seconds. The vast majority of these amputations is preventable and is a reflection of inadequate care of diabetic patients. Studies done in South Africa have shown that the care of diabetes in the public sector is suboptimal. A study in the private sector in South Africa showed that by ensuring optimal care of diabetic patients, long term glycaemic control and a decrease in complications and hospital admissions can be achieved. Lower extremity amputations can be the result of complications due to poor glycaemic control. There are, however, few studies that have been done in South Africa assessing the contribution that diabetes makes to the performance of lower extremity amputations. This study will attempt to begin to fill in this gap in South African data and the results will be compared to a previous unpublished South African study in the Cape Town Metropole from 1999.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDunbar, G. L. (2012). <i>The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12315en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDunbar, Graeme Leslie. <i>"The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12315en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDunbar, G. 2012. The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Dunbar, Graeme Leslie AB - Diabetes is the most common non-communicable disease worldwide and contributes to substantial morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing and reaching epidemic proportions, with the largest increase being seen in developing countries, including South Africa. Among the many complications of diabetes, lower extremity amputations are common, with a leg being lost to diabetes somewhere in the world every thirty seconds. The vast majority of these amputations is preventable and is a reflection of inadequate care of diabetic patients. Studies done in South Africa have shown that the care of diabetes in the public sector is suboptimal. A study in the private sector in South Africa showed that by ensuring optimal care of diabetic patients, long term glycaemic control and a decrease in complications and hospital admissions can be achieved. Lower extremity amputations can be the result of complications due to poor glycaemic control. There are, however, few studies that have been done in South Africa assessing the contribution that diabetes makes to the performance of lower extremity amputations. This study will attempt to begin to fill in this gap in South African data and the results will be compared to a previous unpublished South African study in the Cape Town Metropole from 1999. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010 TI - The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12315 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12315
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDunbar GL. The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12315en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFamily Medicineen_ZA
dc.titleThe contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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