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Benjamin A. Lipsky
Researcher at University of Washington
Publications - 313
Citations - 29346
Benjamin A. Lipsky is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetic foot & Osteomyelitis. The author has an hindex of 84, co-authored 307 publications receiving 25502 citations. Previous affiliations of Benjamin A. Lipsky include United States Department of Veterans Affairs & University of Oxford.
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Preventing Foot Ulcers in Patients With Diabetes
TL;DR: Substantial evidence supports screening all patients with diabetes to identify those at risk for foot ulceration and recommending certain prophylactic interventions, including patient education, prescription footwear, intensive podiatric care, and evaluation for surgical interventions.
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2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections
Benjamin A. Lipsky,Anthony R. Berendt,Paul B. Cornia,James C. Pile,Edgar J G Peters,David G. Armstrong,H. Gunner Deery,John M. Embil,Warren S. Joseph,Adolf W. Karchmer,Michael S. Pinzur,Eric Senneville +11 more
TL;DR: Clinicians and healthcare organizations should attempt to monitor, and thereby improve, their outcomes and processes in caring for DFIs, and Employing multidisciplinary foot teams improves outcomes.
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections
Benjamin A. Lipsky,Anthony R. Berendt,H. Gunner Deery,John M. Embil,Warren S. Joseph,Adolf W. Karchmer,Jack L. LeFrock,Daniel Pablo Lew,Jon T. Mader,Carl Norden,James S. Tan +10 more
TL;DR: Foot infections in patients with diabetes cause substantial morbidity and frequent visits to health care professionals and may lead to amputation of a lower extremity and, thus, the urgency and venue of management.
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Chlorhexidine Compared with Povidone-Iodine Solution for Vascular Catheter–Site Care: A Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of all available published and unpublished studies comparing chlor hexidine gluconate with povidone-iodine solution for vascular catheter-site care found that chlorhexidine glUconate is more effective than povodoneiodine for intravascular catheter -site care and it is also more expensive.
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Risk factors for foot infections in individuals with diabetes.
Lawrence A. Lavery,David G. Armstrong,David G. Armstrong,Robert P. Wunderlich,M. Jane Mohler,M. Jane Mohler,Christopher S. Wendel,Benjamin A. Lipsky +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated 1,666 consecutive diabetic patients enrolled in a managed care-based outpatient clinic in a 2-year longitudinal outcome study and found that 151 (9.1%) patients developed 199 foot infections, all but one involving a wound or penetrating injury.