Mortality and hospitalization in patients after amputation: A comparison between patients with and without diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2252-2256

  Schofield, Christopher J ^a   Libby, Gillian ^b   Brennan, Geraldine M ^a   Macalpine, Ritchie R ^a   Morris, Andrew D ^a   Leese, Graham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 33845395264     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-0926     Document Type: Article

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