Cultura

Effect Of Nutrition And Diet On Immunity And General Health Among Medical Staff In KSA

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Eman AbdulAziz Balbaid, Wesam kamel Bakhsh, Hoda Jehad Abousada, Asma Moghram Alahmari, Hussain Saad Alahmari, Hisham Hassan Almohammedali, Faisal Abdullah Hamdan, Ghada Meshall Almahyawi
Albaraa Taher Rajeh, Lein Hassan Alharthi, Rinad Sameer Khalefa, Ali salem Al sria, Abdullah Saeed Alqahtani, Lamar Saeed Alghamdi, Faisal Mohammed Al Owayn

Abstract

Poor immunity among medical staff in different medical facilities had been identified in a number of studies conducted in the recent past. Physicians are more likely than other occupational groups to experience anxiety, burnout, depression, and substance abuse, as well as to ignore their physical and mental health. This present study is the first to look at the relationships between immunity, physical activity, and eating patterns among Saudi Arabian medical professionals. This study is a systematic review of previous studies conducted on the above subject. The time frame of the study is 2014 to 2024 and operational technicalities are restricted to Saudi Arabia only.

Keywords : Nutrition, Dietary control, Medical Staff, Health care workers, General Health, Immunity..
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty