Screening of diabetic nephropathy patients prone to triggering factors of diabetic foot - doi:10.5020/18061230.2010.p109

• Autor(a) principal: Nozabieli, Andréa Jeanne Lourenço
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Camargo, Marcela Regina de, Fregonesi, Cristina Elena Prado Teles, Padulla, Susimary Aparecida Trevizan, Burneiko, Regina Coeli Vasques de Miranda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/2004
• topic: Pé Diabético; Diabetes Mellitus; Diálise Renal.

Objective: To survey the prevalence of diabetic paients in the hemodialysis unit, screening those prone to outbreak of neuropathy and signs and symptoms of diabetic foot. Methods: We conducted a survey of the number of diabetics in a hemodialysis unit to apply the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Questionnaire in order to screen subjects with signs of sensory loss. Also, we observed variables related to the magnitude of the disease. The subjects were divided into two groups: Group A, no sensory deficit with a score of less than five and Group B with sensitive deficit with a score greater than or equal to six. Group B was submitted to examination, muscle strength testing, nerve palpation, and sensitivity testing of the feet. We applied the Mann-Whitney test to verify differences between groups (p