The use of telephone and/or video consultation in routine management of acute diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at a tertiary hospital is unprecedented. In March 2020, the Diabetes Feet Australia (DFA) released a national guideline to inform DFD management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to describe the adherence to the DFA guideline of managing acute DFD using telephone and/or video consultation at a Western Australian tertiary hospital during this period. We found >80% adherence rate to the DFA guideline and the management of active DFD using telephone and/or video consultations was feasible and acceptable in carefully selected patients.Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease with symptoms ranging from fever and sore throat to severe respiratory illness. 1 COVID-19 was first confirmed in Australia in late January 2020, and by January 2021 there have been >28 000 reported cases and >900 deaths. 2 The pandemic has led to significant stress on hospital systems worldwide and delays to acute hospital care for people with diabetes and diabetes-related complications. 3,4 People with diabetes are at higher risk of COVID-19 and its complications. [3][4][5]
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