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Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 2022 Introduction This prospective cohort study aimed to identify the characteristics of patients with diabetic foot ulcer who are at higher risk of amputation and at increased risk of death.
Zulfiqarali G. Abbas +3 more
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AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1950 This paper will include information about the surgical procedure and related factors which underly the general plan of treatment. While many of the decisions and procedures discussed are not the nurses' responsibilities, they are factors which influence, and sometimes determine, the nursing care that the patient needs. Nurses working in other hospitals
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Introduction to Prosthetic Limbs [PDF]
, 2015 Approximately 2 million people in the Unites States alone have had an amputation, and many of these people use a prosthetic limb daily. The prosthetic limb, which began as a primitive device, is now a highly sophisticated piece of technology.
Ramos, Victoria
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Mapping EQ-5D utilities to GBD 2010 and GBD 2013 disability weights : results of two pilot studies in Belgium [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Utilities and disability weights (DWs) are metrics used for calculating Quality-Adjusted Life Years and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), respectively.
Devleesschauwer, Brecht +5 more
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Transableism, Disability and Paternalism in Public Health Ethics: Taxonomies, identity Disorders and Persistent Unexplained Physical Symptoms [PDF]
, 2006 Transableism is a term which refers to moving between states of being able and disabled by choice rather than by happenstance. Insofar as this may imply a choice to become dependent, claims upon the healthcare system are likely to result.
Cox, Stephen, Mackenzie, Robin
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Revascularization or amputation/1 [PDF]
Prosthetics & Orthotics International, 1979 The factors which determine the choice, revascularization or amputation of an ischaemic leg are very numerous, variable and sometimes also related. They are concerned with the extent and course of the gangrene, the general condition of the patient and the risk of operation, the technical operability in terms of arterial reconstruction, the skill and ...
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More than skin deep: body representation beyond primary somatosensory cortex [PDF]
, 2010 The neural circuits underlying initial sensory processing of somatic information are relatively well understood. In contrast, the processes that go beyond primary somatosensation to create more abstract representations related to the body are less clear.
Azanon, E. +2 more
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Diabetologia, 2018 Aims/hypothesisOur aim was to investigate amputation-free survival in people at high risk for foot ulceration in diabetes (‘high-risk foot’), and to compare different subcategories of high-risk foot.MethodsOverall, 17,353 people with diabetes and high ...
T. Vadiveloo +7 more
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