portugues Patient referral flow to the diabetic foot room: experience report
Keywords:
Diabetic Foot, Flow, Primary Health CareAbstract
Objective: to describe the experience of implementing a flow of referral of people with DM to a diabetic foot room. Method: descriptive study in the format of an experience report, took place between January 2023 and January 2024, in the railway suburb, in Primary Care in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Results: The implementation of the Referral Flow for people with diabetes was organized to contain general guidelines upon the patient's arrival, the responsibilities of the Primary Care team and step-by-step instructions on how to perform a 10 g Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test, such as do the light touch test or ipswich touch test and how to do the Tibial Brachial Index (ABI) test, using these tests to carry out Risk Stratification, according to IWGDF 2019, treatment recommendations and frequency of assessment of patients' feet diabetics monitored in PHC. Conclusion: The implementation of a referral flow for people with diabetes to a diabetic foot room could favor the organization of primary care units so that there is expansion of screening and prevention of foot ulcers in these people, reduction of morbidity and mortality, improvement of health habits healthy lives and cost reduction for the SUS.
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