Developing and Validating a Risk Score for Lower-Extremity Amputation in Patients Hospitalized for a Diabetic Foot Infection

OBJECTIVE: Diabetic foot infection is the predominant predisposing factor to nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation (LEA), but few studies have investigated which specific risk factors are most associated with LEA. We sought to develop and validate a risk score to aid in the early identification of...

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Autores principales: Lipsky, Benjamin A., Weigelt, John A., Sun, Xiaowu, Johannes, Richard S., Derby, Karen G., Tabak, Ying P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21680728
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-0331

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21680728
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-0331

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