Hemoglobin A1c Levels Not Tied to Wound Outcomes

HealthDay News — There does not appear to be a clinically meaningful association between baseline or prospective hemoglobin A1c (A1C) and wound healing in patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), according to a study published online April 16 in Diabetes Care.

 

Betiel K. Fesseha, MD, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues retrospectively evaluated the association between A1C and wound outcomes in 270 patients with 584 DFUs over a study period of 4.7 years… read more