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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/51256| Title: | Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and diabetes |
| Authors: | Vella Szijj, Janis Cassar, Kevin Sammut Bartolo, Nicolette Serracino-Inglott, Anthony Azzopardi, Lilian M. LaFerla, Godfrey |
| Keywords: | Arteries -- Diseases Diabetes -- Complications Diabetes -- Risk factors Diabetes -- Malta -- Case studies Atherosclerosis -- Complications Leg -- Amputation |
| Issue Date: | 2015-10 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy |
| Citation: | Vella, J., Cassar, K., Sammut Bartolo, N., Serracino-Inglott, A., Azzopardi, L. M., & LaFerla, G. (2015, October). Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and diabetes. Poster session presented at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Conference, San Francisco, California, USA. |
| Abstract: | A poster presentation regarding the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and diabetes. Introduction: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) occurs mainly as a result of systemic atherosclerosis. One of the major risk factors for developing PAD is diabetes. Diabetics are 5 to 10 times more likely to develop atherosclerosis. Diabetic patients suffering from PAD are at an increased risk of lower extremity amputations due to poor wound healing of infected foot ulcers. In the presence of both PAD and diabetes, the risk of lower limb amputation increases by 7 to 15 times when compared to non– diabetic patients. Aims: To assess the degree of PAD and the presence or absence of diabetes in a group of patients admitted for lower limb debridement or amputation procedures at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/51256 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPha Scholarly Works - FacM&SSur |
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