Does dorsal pedal pulse palpation predict hand-held Doppler measurement of ankle-brachial index in leg ulcer patients?

Wounds

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 237-240

  Bjellerup, Mats ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE;

EID: 0042244387     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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