Clinical frailty assessment might be associated with mortality in incident dialysis patients.

Frailty is associated with mortality in maintenance dialysis patients. For incident dialysis patients, we used the clinical frailty scale (CFS) to investigate frailty as related to mortality or hospitalization within 2 years. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients initiating hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis during 2016-2018.

Factors Associated with the Local Increase of Skin Temperature, 'Hotspot,' of Callus in Diabetic Foot: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Increased local skin temperature (hotspot) on a callus site as detected by thermography is a well-known precursor of diabetic foot ulcers. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with callus hotspots in order to predict the risk of callus hotspots and then provide information for specific interventions.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 1,007 patients' data from a diabetic foot prevention clinic between April 2008 and March 2020 were used.