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The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and PAD risk factors among different ethnic groups in the US Population
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004 data set was utilized to examine and compare trends and differences in PAD-related risk factor variables among 5 different ethni...
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Judith Aponte
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Development and implementation of a standardized care plan for carotid endarterectomy
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is a standardized surgical procedure and is the third most common vascular surgical procedure in Sweden. To improve the quality of pre- and postoperative care for patients...
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Susanne Svensson,
Karin Ohlsson,
Christine Wann-Hansson
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44-53
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Retrospective study of emerging themes in the decision-making process of patients considering amputation
How patients make decisions about their future treatment has been sparsely study and with respect to limb amputation, a particularly difficult decision, not at all. An examination of this should furni...
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Michal Rassin,
Valeria Tzevlin,
Einat Malul,
Shimrit Harel,
Hadar Shakhar
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The effect of obstructive sleep apnea on amputation site healing
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk for hypertension, cerebral artery stenosis, stroke and hypercoagulability.1 Our research objective was to assess whether sleep disordered breathing...
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Karen L. Andrews,
Mansour Dib,
Thomas C. Shives,
Tanya L. Hoskin,
David A. Liedl,
Andrea J. Boon
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Review of an article: Statin use and risk of diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women in the Women's Initiative (2012). Culver AL, Ockene IS, Balasubramanian R, et al. (Arch Intern Med 2012;172(2):144-52)
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) conducted an observational study from 1993 to 1998 at 40 clinical centers to investigate whether the incidence of new onset diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated wit...
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Victoria L. Gilpin
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