Reliability of ankle-brachial pressure index measured by pulse palpation method in diagnosing peripheral arterial disease among patients with diabetes mellitus

<p><strong><em>Introduction: </em></strong>Ankle brachial pressure index (ABI) is a useful screening test to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD). However, the limitation for the widespread use of this test is the lack of doppler devices in most of the resource poor...

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Published in:	Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism
Main Authors:	L. D. Ranasinghe, N. P. Somasundaram, S. W. A. D. A. Wickramasinghe, N. Ranawake, K. R. C. Jayasena
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists 2015-08-01
Subjects:	ankle brachial pressure index, doppler device, peripheral arterial disease, resource poor setting, palpation method
Online Access:	https://sjdem.sljol.info/articles/7283