The significance of electrothermometry indices for organization of adequate infusion therapy in diabetic foot syndrome

Aim. To determine the criteria for conservative infusion therapy with the assessment of its effectiveness using the electrothermometry method. Methods. One of the major complications of diabetes is the diabetic foot syndrome. This diagnosis is established on the basis of clinical data and imaging studies. The resulting parameters are objective, but the specificity, selectivity, and the multiplicity of diagnostic procedures negate the effectiveness of these methods, making it difficult to consequently form treatment strategy. Registration of temperature parameters during different degrees of ischemic disturbances of the lower limbs by electrothermometry was performed with the subsequent formation of the algorithm of conservative therapy. Results. In patients with diabetic foot syndrome determined was the direct correlation between the degree of tissue ischemia of the lower extremities and the variation of temperature parameters. The formation of the course of conservative therapy was performed after evaluating the obtained parameters; its formation was based on the main pathogenetic links. Clinical data and the parameters of electrothermometry served as the method of dynamic control. Conclusion. Despite the achieved successes in the modern diagnosis of the diabetic foot syndrome, there still remains a number of inaccuracies, the key ones among then are the difficulties associated with determining the level of trophic disorders; electrothermometry makes it possible to expand the diagnostic horizons, and the obtained result can serve as a prognostic guide for the formation of the tactics of therapy and as a method of dynamic control.