Evaluation of toe pressure and transcutaneous oxygen measurements in management of chronic critical leg ischemia: A diagnostic randomized clinical trial

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 528-534

  De Graaff, Jurgen C ^a,b   Ubbink, Dirk Th ^a,d   Legemate, Dink A ^a   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Jacobs, Michael J H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TOE; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; AMPUTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; ISCHEMIA; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0141501083     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00414-2     Document Type: Article

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