A study of the routine use of venous photoplethysmography in a one-stop vascular surgery clinic

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-383

  Beraldo, S ^a   Satpathy, A ^a   Dodds, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision on surgery; Out patient assessment; PPG; Venous disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 34248653458     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X183355     Document Type: Article

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