Care of the Elderly Patient with Lower Extremity Amputation

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-34

  Coletta, Elise M ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AMPUTATION; CLASSIFICATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEG; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMPUTATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LEG; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033631168     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.13.1.23     Document Type: Article

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