Measuring toe pressures using a portable photoplethysmograph to detect arterial disease in high-risk patients: An overview of the literature

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 36-44

  Bonham, Phyllis ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; diabetes mellitus; lower extremity arterial disease; screening; toe pressure

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOE; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; TOES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84857553737     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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