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December 05-06, 2019 | Dubai, UAE

International Conference on

Nursing Education and Research

Cancer and Cancer Therapy

Joint Event

Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2

Diabetic foot ulcers and Vitamin D status: A literature review

Antony Macido

Valley Presbyterian Hospital, USA

pproximately 15%of patients with diabetesmellitus (DM)

are prone to developing diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) in their

lifetime. The term vitamin D status or 25-hydroxyvitamin D

(25(OH)D) levels is used interchangeably to represent the

status of vitamin D in individuals throughout this article.

Evidence suggests a relationship between 25(OH)D levels

and DFU. However, very minimal data are available on the

association between DFU and vitamin D deficiency. After a

careful review of the literature, it was inferred that vitamin

D could be associated with DFU and diabetic foot infections.

Available evidence on vitamin D and DFU suggests a negative

correlation between 25(OH)D levels and the presence of

DFU. Evidence also supports a negative relationship between

25(OH)D levels and diabetic foot infections. Further large-

scale randomized controlled studies need to be done to

confirm the relationship between 25(OH)D levels and DFU

including the use of vitamin D in the management of DFU and

diabetic foot infections. Despite the lack of strong evidence to

recommending vitamin D in DM and DFU, it is not a bad idea

to provide routine vitamin D supplements to patients with

DM and DFU for its other benefits.

Speaker Biography

Antony Macido has completed his doctor of nursing practice (DNP) from

Maryville University, USA and his MSN with Nurse Practitioner (NP) and

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) certification fromUniversity of California Los

Angeles (UCLA), USA. He has followed the foot-steps of his mother who

as a nurse guided him to the profession of healthcare. He is passionate in

providing direct care to his patients and works as an NP for the internal

medicine department in a busy hospital in Los Angeles. As a beginner he

had so far published 2 articles in reputed nursing journals and has been

serving as a peer reviewer in popular nursing and other allied health

journals.

J Intensive Crit Care Nurs | Volume 2