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Jan Apelqvist

Jan Apelqvist

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85
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29278
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14520
National Ranking
271

Overview

Jan Apelqvist is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their work spans multiple subfields including surgery, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, and epidemiology.

The primary focus of their research involves diabetic foot ulcer assessment and management, wound healing and treatments, and peripheral artery disease management. Additional topics they have addressed include pressure ulcer prevention and management, diagnosis and treatment of venous diseases, venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management, and acute ischemic stroke management.

Jan Apelqvist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • The Lancet
  • Journal of Wound Care
  • Primary Health Care Research & Development
  • Wound Repair and Regeneration

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan Apelqvist include:

  • Nicolaas C. Schaper
  • Jaap J. van Netten
  • Sicco A. Bus
  • Robert J. Hinchliffe
  • Robert Fitridge

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan Apelqvist are:

  • "Practical Guidelines on the prevention and management of diabetic foot disease (IWGDF 2019 update)", 2020, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • "Guidelines on diagnosis, prognosis, and management of peripheral artery disease in patients with foot ulcers and diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update)", 2020, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • "Definitions and criteria for diabetic foot disease", 2020, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • "Practical guidelines on the prevention and management of diabetes-related foot disease (IWGDF 2023 update)", 2023, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • "Guidelines on use of interventions to enhance healing of chronic foot ulcers in diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update)", 2020, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

This body of work shows a consistent concentration on diabetic foot disease, peripheral artery disease, and chronic wound management, reflecting detailed clinical guidelines and practical recommendations relevant to these conditions.

Best Publications

  • The global burden of diabetic foot disease

    Andrew J M Boulton;Andrew J M Boulton;Loretta Vileikyte;Loretta Vileikyte;Gunnel Ragnarson-Tennvall;Jan Apelqvist

  • Prediction of outcome in individuals with diabetic foot ulcers: focus on the differences between individuals with and without peripheral arterial disease. The EURODIALE Study

    L. Prompers;N. Schaper;Jan Apelqvist;M. Edmonds

  • High prevalence of ischaemia, infection and serious comorbidity in patients with diabetic foot disease in Europe. Baseline results from the Eurodiale study

    L. Prompers;M. Huijberts;Jan Apelqvist;E. Jude

  • Practical Guidelines on the prevention and management of diabetic foot disease (IWGDF 2019 update)

    Nicolaas C. Schaper;Jaap J. van Netten;Jaap J. van Netten;Jan Apelqvist;Sicco A. Bus

  • Practical guidelines on the management and prevention of the diabetic foot 2011

    K. Bakker;Jan Apelqvist;N. C. Schaper

  • Long-term prognosis for diabetic patients with foot ulcers.

    Jan Apelqvist;J Larsson;Carl-David Agardh

  • International consensus and practical guidelines on the management and the prevention of the diabetic foot

    J. Apelqvist;K. Bakker;W. H. van Houtum;M. H. Nabuurs-Franssen

  • What is the most effective way to reduce incidence of amputation in the diabetic foot

    Jan Apelqvist;Jan Larsson

  • Prevention and management of foot problems in diabetes: a summary guidance for daily practice 2015, based on the IWGDF guidance documents

    N C Schaper;J J Van Netten;Jan Apelqvist;B A Lipsky;B A Lipsky

  • Decreasing Incidence of Major Amputation in Diabetic Patients: a Consequence of a Multidisciplinary Foot Care Team Approach?

    J Larsson;Jan Apelqvist;Carl-David Agardh;Anders Stenström

  • The 2015 IWGDF guidance documents on prevention and management of foot problems in diabetes: development of an evidence-based global consensus.

    K Bakker;Jan Apelqvist;B A Lipsky;B A Lipsky;J J Van Netten

  • Diabetic foot ulcers in a multidisciplinary setting. An economic analysis of primary healing and healing with amputation.

    J Apelqvist;G Ragnarson-Tennvall;U Persson;J Larsson

  • Resource utilisation and costs associated with the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Prospective data from the Eurodiale Study

    L. Prompers;M. Huijberts;N. Schaper;Jan Apelqvist

  • Practical guidelines on the management and prevention of the diabetic foot: based upon the International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot (2007) Prepared by the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot.

    Jan Apelqvist;K Bakker;W H van Houtum;N C Schaper

  • Health-related quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus and foot ulcers

    Gunnel Ragnarson Tennvall;Gunnel Ragnarson Tennvall;Jan Apelqvist

  • Health-economic consequences of diabetic foot lesions.

    Gunnel Ragnarson Tennvall;Jan Apelqvist

  • Outcomes in controlled and comparative studies on non-healing wounds: recommendations to improve the quality of evidence in wound management

    F. Gottrup;J. Apelqvist;Patricia Elaine Price

  • A systematic review of the effectiveness of revascularization of the ulcerated foot in patients with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease

    R. J. Hinchliffe;G. Andros;Jan Apelqvist;K. Bakker

  • Complexity of factors related to outcome of neuropathic and neuroischaemic/ischaemic diabetic foot ulcers: a cohort study.

    Magdalena Annersten Gershater;Magnus Löndahl;Per Nyberg;Jan Larsson

  • Chapter V: Diabetic foot.

    M Lepäntalo;M Lepäntalo;J Apelqvist;C Setacci;J-B Ricco

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolaas C. Schaper
Nicolaas C. Schaper Maastricht University
Robert J. Hinchliffe
Robert J. Hinchliffe University of Bristol
Benjamin A. Lipsky
Benjamin A. Lipsky University of Washington
Edward J. Boyko
Edward J. Boyko University of Washington
Kerstin Brismar
Kerstin Brismar Karolinska Institute
Andrew J.M. Boulton
Andrew J.M. Boulton University of Manchester
David Bergqvist
David Bergqvist Uppsala University
Pär Sparén
Pär Sparén Karolinska Institute
Olof Nyrén
Olof Nyrén Karolinska Institute
Thomas Bjarnsholt
Thomas Bjarnsholt University of Copenhagen

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