Effectiveness of a multicenter training programme to teach point-of-care vascular ultrasound for the detection of peripheral arterial disease in people with diabetes

Effectiveness of a multicenter training programme to teach point-of-care vascular ultrasound for the detection of peripheral arterial disease in people with diabetes

Abstract Background The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a training programme to teach a focused bedside ultrasound scan (PAD-scan; Podiatry Ankle Duplex Scan) for the detection of arterial disease in people with diabetes. Methods Five podiatrists and one diabetologist...

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Main Authors: Pasha Normahani, Rishi Agrawal, Vasilliki Bravis, Agnieszka Falinska, Linda Bloomfield, Zaheer Mehar, Dawn Gaulton, Alex Sangster, Tracey Arkle, Corinna Gomm, Mohamed Aslam, Nigel J. Standfield, Usman Jaffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Subjects:
Peripheral arterial disease
Diagnosis
Diabetes
Diabetic foot
Ulcer
Duplex ultrasound
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13047-018-0283-0

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