The relationship of the transcutaneous oxygen tension, pulse waves and systolic pressures to the risk for limb amputation in patients with peripheral arterial disease and skin ulcers or gangrene

International Angiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-72

  Carter, S A ^a,b   Tate, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Arterial occlusive disease; Atherosclerosis; Oxygen tension; Pulse waves; Systolic pressures

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OXYGEN TENSION; PREDICTION; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOE; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANKLE; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULSE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN ULCER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645830304     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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