Outcomes of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in a Tertiary Referral Interdisciplinary Clinic: A Retrospective Canadian Study.

Objectives: The objectives of this work were to evaluate demographic data, healing rate, recurrence rate, amputation rate and death rate of patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) treated in a Québec outpatient diabetic foot ulcer multidisciplinary clinic. Another objective was to determine factors associated with higher ulcer recurrence.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of adults with diabetes with a DFU referred to a Québec City diabetic foot clinic between December 1, 2013 and May 1, 2019.

Generalized Recalcitrant Pruritus as the Presenting Manifestation of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome.

Background And Objective: Pruritus is a frequent occurrence in dermatology, and investigation is often unrevealing. The authors report the case of a 65-year-old man presenting with generalized recalcitrant pruritus as the presenting manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome.

Methods And Results: A 65-year-old man developed intractable pruritus.

POEMS Syndrome Complicated by Extensive Calciphylaxis: A Remarkable Recovery.

Background And Objective: Calciphylaxis is life threatening. It has traditionally been associated with end-stage renal disease and hyperparathyroidism but is increasingly common in other clinical contexts. The association of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome and calciphylaxis has been reported only in a few cases.