Limited Adherence to Peripheral Arterial Disease Guidelines and Suboptimal Ankle Brachial Index Reliability in Dutch Primary Care

The Dutch College of General Practitioners' guideline on peripheral arterial disease (PAD) provides clear recommendations on the management of PAD. An ankle brachial index (ABI) measurement, prescription of antiplatelet drugs and statins, and supervised exercise therapy (SET) for intermittent claudication (IC) are advised. The aims of this study were to determine the adherence of general practitioners (GPs) to their own guideline on PAD and to evaluate the reliability of primary care ABI measurements.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Selected Abstract from the June Issue of the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Source Type: research