Nontraumatic lower extremity amputations in the Medicare end-stage renal disease population

Kidney International

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1524-1533

  Eggers, Paul W ^a,d   Gohdes, Dorothy ^b   Pugh, Jacqueline ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^b Mid S Foundation for Medical Care   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Division of Beneficiary Research HcallhCarc Financing Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; Gangrene; Leg amputation; Peripheral vascular disease; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0032842897     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00668.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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