Background: In 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
mandated 80-hour resident duty limits. In 2011 the ACGME mandated 16-hour duty …

BACKGROUND: The evolving clinical burden of limb loss secondary to diabetes and peripheral
artery disease remains poorly characterized. We sought to examine secular trends in the …

Background To our knowledge, there have been no previously published reports characterizing
lower-extremity amputations in Canada. The objective of this study was to describe the …

OBJECTIVES: Gender and ethnicity are factors affecting the incidence and severity of vascular
disease as well as subsequent treatment outcomes. Although well studied in other fields, …

Patients with widespread atherosclerosis such as peripheral artery disease (PAD) have a
high risk of cardiovascular and limb symptoms and complications, which affects their quality of …

Objective To describe the factors associated with early (≤30 days) and late (31-365 days)
hospital readmissions after lower extremity amputations in Canada. Methods A retrospective …

Background Atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can lead to disabling ischemia
and limb loss. Treatment modalities have included risk factor optimization through life‐style …

Diabetic foot lesions have a multifactorial etiology, including neuropathy, infection, and arterial
insufficiency, that results in foot ulceration, sepsis, pain, and eventual amputation. In fact, …

Objective Socioeconomic disadvantage is a known predictor of adverse outcomes and
amputation in patients with diabetes. However, its association with outcomes after major …

Objective Acute limb ischemia (ALI) in pediatric patients is rare but may lead to limb loss and
life-long complications. This study reviewed the experience of a Canadian tertiary pediatric …