Prevention and management of foot and lower limb health complications in adults undergoing dialysis: a scoping review.

Background: Foot and lower limb health complications are common among patients undergoing dialysis; but a summary of prevention and management evidence is not available. The aim of this scoping review was to summarise study characteristics and the nature of results regarding strategies to prevent and manage peripheral arterial disease (PAD), foot ulceration, amputation, associated infection and associated hospital admission in adults undergoing dialysis.

Methods: MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and AMED databases were searched for longitudinal experimental and observational studies.