The DEPA scoring system and its correlation with the healing rate of diabetic foot ulcers

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-213

  Younes, Nidal A ^a   Albsoul, Abla M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

amputation; DEPA score; foot ulcers; phase of ulcer; validity testing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETIC FOOT; HEALING; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 3342971369     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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