Key references: Assessing patients with an ulcer or wound

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  • Grayson ML, Gibbons GW, Balogh K, Levin E, Karchmer AW. Probing to bone in infected pedal ulcers. A clinical sign of underlying osteomyelitis in diabetic patients. JAMA 1995;273(9):721–3. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7853630
  • Grey JE, Enoch S, Harding KG. Wound assessment. BMJ 2006;332(7536):285–8. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16455730
  • International consensus. Optimising wellbeing in people living with a wound. An expert working group review. London: Wounds International; 2012.
  • International Wound Infection Institute (IWII). Wound infection in clinical practice. London: Wounds International; 2016. www.woundinfection-institute.com/resources/
  • Lavery LA, Armstrong DG, Peters EJ, Lipsky BA. Probe-to-bone test for diagnosing diabetic foot osteomyelitis: reliable or relic? Diabetes Care 2007;30(2):270–4. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17259493
  • Lipsky BA, Berendt AR, Cornia PB, Pile JC, Peters EJ, Armstrong DG, et al. Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections. Clin Infect Dis 2012 2012;54(12):e132–73. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22619242
  • Middleburgh T. Biopsy of skin [internet]. 2016 [accessed August 2018]. Available from: https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/skin-biopsy/
  • O’Donnell TF Jr., Passman MA, Marston WA, Ennis WJ, Dalsing M, Kistner RL, et al. Management of venous leg ulcers: clinical practice guidelines of the Society for Vascular Surgery (R) and the American Venous Forum. J Vasc Surg 2014;60(2 Suppl):3S–59S. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24974070
  • Rayman G, Vas PR, Baker N, Taylor CG Jr., Gooday C, Alder AI, et al. The Ipswich Touch Test: a simple and novel method to identify inpatients with diabetes at risk of foot ulceration. Diabetes Care 2011;34(7):1517–8. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21593300
  • Schultz GS, Barillo DJ, Mozingo DW, Chin GA, Wound Bed Advisory Board Members. Wound bed preparation and a brief history of TIME. Int Wound J 2004;1(1):19–32. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16722894
  • Schultz GS, Sibbald RG, Falanga V, Ayello EA, Dowsett C, Harding K, et al. Wound bed preparation: a systematic approach to wound management. Wound Repair Regen 2003;11 Suppl 1:S1–28. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12654015
  • Steed DL. Foundations of good ulcer care. Am J Surg 1998;176(2A Suppl):20S–5S. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9777969
  • World Union of Wound Healing Societies. Principles of best practice: diagnostics and wounds. A consensus document. London: Medical Education Partnership; 2008.
  • Wounds Australia. Wounds Australia Standards for wound prevention and management. 3rd ed Osborne Park, Western Australia: Cambridge Media; 2016.