The Society for Vascular Surgery lower extremity threatened limb classification system based on Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI) correlates with risk of major amputation and time to wound healing

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 939-944

  Zhan, Luke X ^a   Branco, Bernardino C ^a   Armstrong, David G ^a   Mills, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY WOUND ISCHEMIA AND FOOT INFECTION CLASSIFICATION; STUDY DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND HEALING; AGED; AMPUTATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED VOCABULARY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EVALUATION STUDY; ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARIZONA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84925440245     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.11.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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