What are the five main priorities in the management of diabetic foot ulcer?
- Debride and dress the wound
- Need for antibiotics: Culture: oral meds (mild infection):
- Clindamycin 300 mg qid OR
- Cephalexin (Keflex) 250-500 mg q 6 hr…
- …OR Dicloxacillin 250 mg q 6 hr
- Pressure off-loading
- Revascularization
- Glucose control
