[Practical guideline on the prevention and management of diabetic foot in China (Ⅰ)].

Diabetic foot is one of the common and serious complications among the patients with diabetes mellitus. The major causes of amputation and/or death in the patients are foot deformities, ulcers, ischemia, and possible concurrent infections. To further standardize diabetic foot prevention and treatment in China, improve its diagnostic and therapeutic consistency, and promote the development of a specialized tiered care system, Chinese Burn Association, Yangtze River Delta Integrated Diabetic Foot Alliance, and Editorial Committee of Chinese Journal of Burns and Wounds organized a multidisciplinary expert team. The team determined clinical issues related to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diabetic foot and evaluated the quality grades of relevant evidence using the grading of recommendations assessment, development, and evaluation system, and eventually developed the Practical guideline on the prevention and management of diabetic foot in China. There were 46 recommendations formed in the guideline, covering comprehensive medical assessment, internal medical treatments such as control of blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipid, antithrombotic and anti-infection therapy, perioperative risk assessment and management, surgical treatments such as debridement, vascular reconstruction, and tissue repair surgeries, as well as foot disease prevention, multidisciplinary team cooperation, and the construction of a tiered care system, aiming to provide guidance for the clinical practice of diabetic foot in China.