Missed Opportunities for Timely Recognition of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischaemia in Patients Undergoing a Major Amputation: A Population Based Cohort Study Using the UK's Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

CONCLUSION: Missed opportunities for timely recognition potentially exist and may be related to age, deprivation, and ethnicity. Further work is required to investigate these factors, as well as individual amputations to identify the causes precipitating amputation. Greater emphasis on the medical management of peripheral arterial disease and identifying cardiovascular risk factors in patients who may not fit the "at risk" stereotype, are also required. PMID: 32718828 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - July 23, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Nickinson ATO, Coles B, Zaccardi F, Gray LJ, Payne T, Bown MJ, Davies RSM, Khunti K, Sayers RD Tags: Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg Source Type: research