Are clinical characteristics predictive of non-traumatic lower extremity amputation in a diabetic population?

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Are clinical characteristics predictive of non-traumatic lower extremity amputation in a diabetic population?

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OBJECTIVE The objective of this project was to evaluate if data collected at an interdisciplinary Diabetes Ulcer Clinic, will predict lower extremity amputation (LEA), identify factors or characteristics that predict non traumatic major or minor LEA in the Hawke’s Bay diabetic population, investigate if these characteristics can be ranked in order of importance, and explain which combinations of factors are most predictive of LEA. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data collected over a six year per...

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Masters

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2007

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Rutherford, Pip

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6609

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Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) / New Zealand / diabetics / diabetes / lower extremity amputation (LEA) / predictors / Diabetes Ulcer Clinic (Hawke's Bay District Health Board) / Health sciences / Nursing / Community and primary care

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