Efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy In Promoting Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing

Running Head: LITERATURE REVIEW ON A CLINICAL TOPIC Efficacy of negative pressure wound Therapy (NPWT) in promoting diabetic Foot ulcer healing Name Institutional Affiliation Date 1 LITERATURE REVIEW ON A CLINICAL TOPIC 2 Introduction Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention 2019 show that about thirty-four million Americans have diabetes. Similarly, data from World Health Organization 2018 shows that the number of people having diabetes worldwide has risen for one hundred and eight million to four hundred and twenty million from 1980 to 2014, with the global prevalence rising from 4.7% to 8.5% within the same period.

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Diabetes, when combined with decreased blood flow to various extremities, nerve damages in the feet increases the probability of foot ulcers, fatal infection, gangrene, and necessitates limb amputations. According to Nain et al. 2011, diabetic foot ulcers are the top reasons for admissions among diabetic patients, and worse; they are associated with the most extended length of hospitalization since they require many surgical procedures. Boulton et al. 2018 show that diabetic patients make more than half of the patients that are admitted to hospitals for amputation. In the United Kingdom, for instance, diabetic patients account for nearly forty percent of hospitalization for severe amputations and about seventy-three present to emergency rooms for minor amputations. American College of Surgeons 2018 shows that more than a quarter of diabetic patients Efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy In Promoting Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing