How to cope with the increasing burden of the diabetic foot: "better three hours too soon than a minute too late"

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 171-172

  Papanas, Nikolaos ^a   Mani, Raj ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; DIABETIC FOOT; EDITORIAL; FOOT CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; TIME;

COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETIC FOOT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907216567     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734614548167     Document Type: Editorial

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