Nonoperative active management of critical limb ischemia: Initial experience using a sequential compression biomechanical device for limb salvage

Vascular

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 130-139

  Sultan, Sherif ^a,b   Esan, Olubunmi ^a   Fahy, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b Galway Clinic   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amputation; Critical limb ischemia; Sequential compression; Sequential compression biomechanical device

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; ILOPROST; PRAVASTATIN; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL COMPRESSION BIOMECHANICAL DEVICE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND CARE;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51449089178     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2008.00021     Document Type: Article

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