[A multi-disciplinary approach to diabetic foot patients--an organizational model for the treatment of leg complications in diabetic patients].

Diabetes mellitus is the major cause of non-traumatic limb amputations in the Western world. In the diabetic foot patient, 85% have developed a leg ulcer prior to limb amputation. Due to the complicated nature of therapy in such patients, a multi-disciplinary approach is warranted.

Pericardial effusion as an expression of thyrotoxicosis.

Patients who have either hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism can present with cardiovascular complications. These manifestations of thyroid disease-congestive heart failure, atrial tachyarrhythmias, atrioventricular conduction disorders, and mitral valve dysfunction-are well known to the clinician. Pericardial effusion is considered a complication of hypothyroidism; as an expression of thyrotoxicosis, it is extremely rare.

Photoinduced deprotection and ZnO patterning of hydroxyl-terminated siloxane-based monolayers.

Trimethoxy-[11-(2-nitrobenzyloxy)undecyl]silane (1) and trimethoxy-[17-(2-nitrobenzyloxy)heptadecyl]silane (2) have been used for the covalent assembly of siloxane-based photopatternable monolayers. Exposing the monolayers to UV light (312 +/- 10 nm) results in the generation of reactive hydroxyl-terminated monolayers without affecting the film quality. The new monolayers, deprotection chemistry, and the effect of photoinduced headgroup lift-off on the monolayer microstructure have been studied in detail by a full complement of physicochemical techniques, including optical (UV-vis) spectroscopy, ellipsometry, aqueous contact angle (CA) measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), synchrotron X-ray reflectivity (XRR), and atomic force microscopy (AFM and AFM-force spectroscopy).

Controlling structure from the bottom-up: structural and optical properties of layer-by-layer assembled palladium coordination-based multilayers.

Layer-by-layer assembly of two palladium coordination-based multilayers on silicon and glass substrates is presented. The new assemblies consist of rigid-rod chromophores connected by terminal pyridine moieties to palladium centers. Both colloidal palladium and PdCl2(PhCN)2 were used in order to determine the effect of the metal complex precursor on multilayer structure and optical properties.

Eikinella corrodens wound infection in a diabetic foot: a brief report.

Eikinella corrodens normally forms part of the flora of the oral cavity and mucous membranes of the respiratory tract. It is usually associated with dental, head and neck infections (Cohen, Powderly, 2004, Infectious Diseases) and is considered to be an unusual cause of orthopaedic infections. We recently treated a diabetic patient with E.