Epidemiology of foot ulceration and amputation: Can global variation be explained?

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 791-805

  Margolis, David J ^a   Jeffcoate, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epidemiology; Global variation; Incidence; Lower extremity amputation

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; ETHNICITY; FOOT AMPUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOOD CHANGE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL VARIATION; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATION;

AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84883253053     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2013.03.008     Document Type: Review

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