Importance Deferred diabetic foot screening and delays in timely care of acute foot
complications during the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to an increase in limb …

Background: Lower limb major amputations represent a substantial public health burden in
Hungary, where previous research revealed markedly high rates with significant spatial …

This manuscript describes the implementation and initial evaluation of a novel Canadian
acute care pathway for people with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). A multidisciplinary team …

BACKGROUND Chronic wound management in low-resource settings deserves special
attention. Rural or underresourced settings (ie, those with limited basic needs/healthcare …

Objective Assessment of variations in the use of lower extremity open vascular surgical
procedures (LEOPEN) and lower extremity endovascular procedures (LEENDO) across …

Background: First Nations people in Canada are overrepresented among those who have
undergone nontraumatic lower extremity amputation, and are more likely to be younger …

Primary care professionals encounter difficulties coordinating the continuum of care
between primary care providers and second-line specialists and adhere to practice …

Purpose To estimate the positive predictive value (PPV) of Canadian ICD-10 diagnostic
coding for the identification of hospitalization related to a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). Methods …

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6 Health disparity is a metric used to measure progress toward achieving health equity …

Background: As many as 200 million people around the world are affected with peripheral
artery disease (PAD), a long-term atherosclerotic problem. The majority of individuals with …