Differences in minor amputation rate in diabetic foot disease throughout Europe are in part explained by differences in disease severity at presentation

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-205

  Van Battum, P ^a   Schaper, N ^a   Prompers, L ^a   Apelqvist, J ^b   Jude, E ^c   Piaggesi, A ^d   Bakker, K ^e   Edmonds, M ^f   Holstein, P ^g   Jirkovska, A ^h   Mauricio, D ⁱ   Ragnarson Tennvall, G ^j   Reike, H ^k   Spraul, M ^l   Uccioli, L ^m   Urbancic, V ⁿ   Van Acker, K ^o   Van Baal, J ^p   Ferreira, I ^a   Huijberts, M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Dipartimento di Endocrinologia e Metabolismo   (Italy)

^e IWGDF   (Netherlands)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^j SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^k Mariannen Hospital   (Germany)

^l Diabetic Department Mathias Spital   (Germany)

^m TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^o Hospital Heilige Familie   (Belgium)

^p TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot ulcer; Infection; Minor amputation; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; AMPUTATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78651091303     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03192.x     Document Type: Article

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