David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, MSc

Special Report

New Opportunities to Improve Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment

09/01/2008

Kathleen Leask Capitulo ;

R. Gary Sibbald ;

Adrianne P.S. Smith , MD, FACEP;

Evonne Fowler ;

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

Diane L. Krasner , PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAWC, MAPWCA, CWCN;

Elizabeth A. Ayello ;

Jeffrey M. Levine , MD, AGSF, CWS-P, CMD;

09/01/2008

Wounds

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Can Topical Statins Stimulate Wound Healing?

11/25/2019

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

The always active, always clever lab team of Sawaya, Tomic-Canic and coworkers have yet another strong addition to the literature in press with the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI Insight). These authors investigated topical statins...

The always active, always clever...

11/25/2019

Podiatry Today

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Study: Initial Diabetic Foot Ulcer Severity Predictive Of Alarming Mortality In Veterans

01/05/2017

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

There is some sobering new data from a study in the Journal of Diabetes Complications. The initial severity of a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a significant predictor for patient mortality, making DFU severity more of a warning sign for death...

There is some sobering new data...

01/05/2017

Podiatry Today

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Can Muscle Strengthening Relieve Plantar Pressures In Patients With Diabetic Polyneuropathy?

11/15/2013

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

For patients with diabetic polyneuropathy, plantar foot ulcers can develop due to higher plantar pressures. Is muscle strengthening the answer to relieving such pressures? The results of a new study in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research...

For patients with diabetic...

11/15/2013

Podiatry Today

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Experts At DFCon 2010 To Combat ‘Amputation Tsunami’

03/16/2010

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

With an amputation performed every 30 seconds due to diabetes-related complications we are dealing with a worldwide amputation tsunami. The Diabetic Foot Global Conference (DFCon 2010) serves as something of an early warning system for...

With an amputation performed...

03/16/2010

Podiatry Today

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Could Custom Footwear Improve Adherence In An Ulcer Remission Program?

03/03/2022

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

Here Dr. Armstrong discusses a recent study published that sheds light on how custom footwear could improve ulcer remission outcomes.

Here Dr. Armstrong discusses a...

03/03/2022

Podiatry Today

The Diabetic Rapid Response Acute Foot Team: 7 Essential Skills for Targeted Limb Salvage

09/05/2009

Ryan H. Fitzgerald , DPM, FACFAS;

Warren S. Joseph , DPM, FIDSA;

Joseph L. Mills Sr., MD;

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

The Diabetic Rapid Response Acute Foot Team: 7 Essential Skills for Targeted Limb Salvage Ryan H. Fitzgerald, DPM, Joseph L. Mills, MD, Warren Joseph, DPM, and David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance and...

The Diabetic Rapid Response...

09/05/2009

ePlasty

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Calculating The Benefits Of An Annual Diabetic Foot Exam

12/10/2018

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

The benefits of having an annual comprehensive diabetic foot exam are too numerous to mention. If a patient sees his or her podiatrist along with one other member of the diabetic foot team, the relative risk reduction of a high level...

The benefits of having an annual...

12/10/2018

Podiatry Today

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Is Procalcitonin An Effective Marker For Osteomyelitis?

12/16/2015

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

One of the big problems in diabetes and the diabetic foot is distinguishing whether there is an active bone infection and subsequently ascertaining the severity of that bone infection. For the first part of that clinical conundrum, we have...

One of the big problems in...

12/16/2015

Podiatry Today

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Are Mild Wound And Diabetic Foot Infections Like Mild Cancers?

04/18/2012

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

I was listening to a superb talk recently by Otis Brawley, MD, for our TEDMED at University of Arizona simulcast. Dr. Brawley, the Chief Medical Officer for the American Cancer Society, was speaking about the dramatic overtreatment of...

I was listening to a superb talk...

04/18/2012

Podiatry Today