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A Decision Tree Analysis of Diabetic Foot Amputation Risk in Indian Patients

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Title
A Decision Tree Analysis of Diabetic Foot Amputation Risk in Indian Patients
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Frontiers in endocrinology, February 2017
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2017.00025
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Prasad Umesh Kasbekar, Pranay Goel, Shailaja Prakash Jadhav

Abstract

The aim of this study is to create an evidence-based tool that guides the risk of amputation in diabetic foot patients. Hospital records of 301 diabetic foot patients were examined retrospectively for explanatory variables of foot amputation decisions. The study included all patients with a lower limb ulcer with a known history of diabetes mellitus or those diagnosed post-admission. The dataset was analyzed, and a risk scoring system was constructed using the decision tree algorithm, C5.0. Two classifiers, one simple and another complex, were constructed for predicting amputation outcome. Based on our evaluation, the most influential predictors for a decision to amputate are Doppler flow measurements and the Wagner grading of the ulceration. The simple classifier uses just these two parameters in determining risk. The results obtained show an accuracy of 96.4% in the primary group and an accuracy of 94% in the test group. The second classifier is a more complex computer-derived construct that showed 100% accuracy in the principle group and an accuracy of 96% during testing. In the present era of precision medicine, these two classifiers act as an accurate guide to the prognosis of the limb in patients with diabetic foot and can predict the risk of future amputation.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Unknown 47 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 19%
Student > Bachelor 6 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Other 3 6%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 14 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 8%
Computer Science 4 8%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Other 5 10%
Unknown 18 38%
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