Are toe pressures measured by a portable photophlethysmograph equivalent to standard laboratory tests?

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-486

  Bonham, Phyllis A ^a   Kelechi, Teresa ^a   Mueller, Martina ^a   Robison, Jacob ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANKLE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TOE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANKLE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOES;

EID: 77957753153     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0b013e3181eda0c5     Document Type: Article

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