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The Association Between Geographic Density of Infectious Disease Physicians and Limb Preservation in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers
BACKGROUND: Avoiding major (above-ankle) amputation in patients with diabetic foot ulcers is best accomplished by multidisciplinary care teams with access to infectious disease specialists. However, access to infectious disease physicians is partially influenced by geography. We assessed the effect...
Autores principales: | Brennan, Meghan B., Allen, Glenn O., Ferguson, Patrick D., McBride, Joseph A., Crnich, Christopher J., Smith, Maureen A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5413995/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28480286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx015 |
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