Hemodialysis Patients At Risk For Foot Ulceration With Or Without Diabetes.

MedWire  (8/20, Williams) reports that, according to a study  published online Aug. 14 in the International Wound Journal, "hemodialysis patients with and without diabetes are at risk for foot ulceration," as "79% of both the 24 patients with diabetes and the 33 patients without diabetes attending a satellite hemodialysis unit had structural FP, such as claw toes, hallux valgus, prominent metatarsal heads, corns, callosities and nail pathologies." Overall, "49% of the group had two or more factors," while "just 12% of patients, including two diabetes and five nondiabetes patients, had feet with no risk factors" for foot ulceration.