Predictive factors for lower extremity amputations in diabetic foot infections

Diabetic Foot and Ankle

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Aziz, Zameer ^a   Lin, Wong Keng ^a   Nather, Aziz ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes mellitus; Gangrene; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT ULCER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEUROPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84855286294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2000625X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/dfa.v2i0.7463     Document Type: Article

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