An absent pulse is not sensitive for the early detection of peripheral arterial disease

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-42

  Collins, Tracie C ^a,b   Suarez Almazor, Maria ^a   Petersen, Nancy J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALPATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULSE RATE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PULSE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 31544433393     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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