non-diabetic population on hemodialysis. Sixty patients were asked to have a comprehensive foot check analysis. This was an observational study done in a satellite facility. A foot screening tool was used to identify risk factors associated with foot ulceration such as peripheral arterial disease, peripheral neuropathy, or foot pathology. Risk factors for ulcerations were recorded at baseline for all patients and mortality data was revisited after three years. Foot pathology was noted in 79% of these patients, 18% of non-diabetics had peripheral neuropathy, 45% of diabetics and 30% of non- diabetics had peripheral artery disease (PAD). Forty nine percent of the total unit had at least two out of three independent risk factors for foot ulcerations. Mortality independent of the patient’s age was predictive in those patients with PAD and peripheral neuropathy (PN). Findings showed a high prevalence of risk factors for foot ulcerations in the hemodialysis population, PVD (Jones, et al.,
non-diabetic population on hemodialysis. Sixty patients were asked to have a comprehensive foot check analysis. This was an observational study done in a satellite facility. A foot screening tool was used to identify risk factors associated with foot ulceration such as peripheral arterial disease, peripheral neuropathy, or foot pathology. Risk factors for ulcerations were recorded at baseline for all patients and mortality data was revisited after three years. Foot pathology was noted in 79% of these patients, 18% of non-diabetics had peripheral neuropathy, 45% of diabetics and 30% of non- diabetics had peripheral artery disease (PAD). Forty nine percent of the total unit had at least two out of three independent risk factors for foot ulcerations. Mortality independent of the patient’s age was predictive in those patients with PAD and peripheral neuropathy (PN). Findings showed a high prevalence of risk factors for foot ulcerations in the hemodialysis population, PVD (Jones, et al.,