Improving outcomes for diabetic patients undergoing revascularization for critical limb ischemia: Does the quality of outpatient diabetic care matter?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1719-1728

  Brooke, Benjamin S ^a   Kraiss, Larry W ^a   Stone, David H ^b   Nolan, Brian ^b,c   De Martino, Randall R ^d   Reiber, Gayle E ^e   Goodman, David C ^c   Cronenwett, Jack L ^b   Goodney, Philip P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; METABOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907962052     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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