Out of the Periphery and Into Comprehensive Care: Managing Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Program Goals
Standards of Care: Comprehensive Annual Foot Examination
Goals of Treatment
Trends in Lower Extremity Amputation in Patients With Diabetes
Symptoms and Signs of DPN
Diagnostic Tools for DPN: Large-fiber
Diagnosis of DPN (cont)
Distribution of DPN
Atrophy of Leg Muscles
“Take Off Your Shoes”
Risk Factors for DPN
Treatment of DPN
Challenges With Current Treatments
Biochemical Vitamin B12 Deficiency (≤ 148 pmol/L)
Homocysteine
Medical Food
Metanx®
Evaluation of Metanx on DPN in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats
Closing Comments
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