Preventing Low-Value Admission for Suspected Osteomyelitis
This case report describes a 77-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, prior left lower limb second-to-fifth digit amputation secondary to diabetic foot infection, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia who presented to the emergency department with right plantar foot pain.
Authors
- Shitij Arora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8927-6171)
- Daniel Wagner
Institutions
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.5349
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00