Prediction of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Occurrence Using Commonly Available Clinical Information
Author(s) -
Edward J. Boyko,
Jessie H. Ahroni,
Victoria Cohen,
Karin M. Nelson,
Patrick J. Heagerty
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc05-2031
Subject(s) - medicine , foot (prosody) , diabetic foot ulcer , amputation , diabetic foot , diabetes mellitus , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , surgery , prospective cohort study , orthopedic surgery , confidence interval , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics , endocrinology
The ability of readily available clinical information to predict the occurrence of diabetic foot ulcer has not been extensively studied. We conducted a prospective study of the individual and combined effects of commonly available clinical information in the prediction of diabetic foot ulcer occurrence.
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