Improving outcomes in patients with peripheral arterial disease

The benefits of risk-factor reduction associated with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is established and supported by the literature. The purpose of this quality-improvement project was to reduce modifiable risk factors such as diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), hyperlipidemia (HLD), and tobacco use in patients with PAD, as well as to demonstrate improvement in quality of life (QoL) and 6-minute-walk distances. For this quality-improvement project, 29 patients from three providers within a cardiology office were identified over a 6-week period.

Source: Journal of Vascular Nursing - July 30, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Melissa Sutton, Kathryn Kreider, Julie Thompson, Samir Germanwala, Jonathan Greifenkamp Source Type: research