Teaching and training healthcare professionals like nurses and family physicians is essential in prevention of diabetic foot complications and subsequent amputation which can lead to poor quality of life. In a busy schedule and variety of conditions treated by them, simple and effective strategy that can be remembered with ease serves an efficient way to achieve the required goal. Amit Jains diabetic foot Pentagon is a new concept that covers diabetic foot framework briefly and is an easy to remember acronym. This article discusses on this new concept which serves an important tool to understand diabetic foot in a simplified manner.
Key words: Diabetic foot, acronym, pentagon, complication, amputation
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