Training to measure ankle-brachial index at the undergraduate level: Can it be successful?

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-171

  Georgakarakos, Efstratios ^a   Papadaki, Evaggelia ^a   Vamvakerou, Vasileia ^a   Lytras, Dimitrios ^a   Tsiokani, Afroditi ^a   Tsolakaki, Olympia ^a   Chlimpou, Dimitra ^a   Papanas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; intermittent claudication; ischemia; peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERSONAL TRAINER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURGEON;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84879331327     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734613483768     Document Type: Article

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