Nieamputuj.pl is an educational application for patients with diabetes and Diabetic Foot Syndrome co...
Nieamputuj.pl is an educational application for patients with diabetes and Diabetic Foot Syndrome containing a preventive knowledge base on these diseases, and allowing to take photos of feet with wounds and save them in the application creating a history of entries regarding changes on the foot. The app also includes an education and training module available only to medical students. Access to information from the preventive knowledge base and diabetes information as well as archiving of photos and entries is free. The history of entries can be shown to the doctor directly from the app or from a generated PDF file. The knowledge base is an educational resource for anyone interested in the topic of diabetes and the prevention of Diabetic Foot Syndrome. On the other hand, access to the education and training module is paid and currently limited to medical students only, and intended only for learning within the framework of the Student Subscription purchased. The user-student can use the database of training materials or upload images provided by the university or medical facility where he or she is practicing, and then use the AI algorithm, which analyzes the changes present on the foot presented in the training materials and information on possible next steps. The analysis proposed by the software forms the basis for verifying the Students knowledge. The algorithm plays a practice role and is a support in the learning of future doctors or other people involved in the therapy of the diabetic foot. If you have any questions about the operation of the application or want to make comments, please visit the Q&A page: https://nieamputuj.pl/faq The Nieamputuj.pl application was created with the cooperation of many groups of specialists and experts in various fields, heads. medicine, IT industry, artificial intelligence and the industry of specialists programming mobile applications. The content included in the application placed in the knowledge base and information on the management of individual clinical situations is based on the knowledge and experience of the authors - specialists already involved in the treatment of Diabetic Foot Syndrome patients for many years. These contents are reflected in various recommended standards of management or guidelines of the medical, scientific community. However, they also flow from the authors many years of experience in treating this particular group of patients. Hence, we may not find some practical tips in previously published medical guidelines. The main source studies where the information presented in the application can be found include: 1) Guidelines and consensus statements of the Polish Wound Healing Society including "Management of patients with diabetic foot syndrome - Guidelines of the Polish Wound Healing Society 2021: parts 1, 2 and 3" (https://ptlr.org/wytyczne-i-konsensusy-ptlr/), where among the co-authors are also doctors who participated in the work on the medical part of the Nieamputuj.pl application (Sebastian Borys, MD, Piotr Liszkowski, MD, Adam Węgrzynowski, MD), 2) Clinical recommendations for the management of patients with diabetes - Position of the Polish Diabetological Society (https://ptdiab.pl/zalecenia-ptd/ctid), as well 3) Recommendations of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF: https://iwgdfguidelines.org/). Therefore, references to specific posts on the management of DFS in the context of the information contained in the Nieamputuj.pl application can be pointed to a great many. The information contained in Nieamputuj.pl is a kind of mobile compendium that allows you to quickly access relevant information on the topic of Diabetic Foot Syndrome.