Monitoring
Once- or twice-weekly follow-up is appropriate until a durable and 100% intact skin surface has been achieved. When wound healing is complete, follow-up frequency can be gradually decreased depending on risk stratification score and local protocols. Once healed, patients are at very high risk for recurrence. For this reason the term diabetic foot remission, rather than healing, is often used to communicate this risk to both patients and caregivers.[6][117][118]
Monitoring of blood glucose, blood pressure, and serum lipids, and monitoring for other complications is part of the general management of diabetes in all patients. Annual assessment of renal function is recommended.
See Screening and Secondary prevention for more information.
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