Nottingham Health Profile Scores Predict the Outcome and Support Aggressive Revascularisation for Critical Ischaemia

The impact of diabetes on current revascularisation practice and clinical outcome in patients with critical lower limb ischaemia.

OBJECTIVE To compare current revascularisation practice and outcome in diabetic and non-diabetic patients presenting with critical limb ischaemia (CLI) to a single vascular surgeon. METHODS Data for 113 patients presenting with CLI were collected prospectively over a 3-year period. Forty-four (39%) were diabetic. Treatment was classified as percutaneous angioplasty, arterial reconstruction, p...

Identification and Outcome of Critical Leg Ischaemia

6.1 Occlusive arterial disease-a systemic

Amputations for Critical Leg Ischaemia -vascular Prevention and Outcome

[Reliability of the Nottingham Health Profile after suffering a stroke].

This article seeks to evaluate the reliability, internal consistency and accuracy of the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), namely a quality of life (QL) instrument for individuals after suffering a stroke. This cross-sectional study was carried out in the communities of Recife in the State of Pernambuco. The sample was composed of 53 individuals at the chronic stroke phase. After checking the co...

Mesenteric revascularisation for acute-on-chronic intestinal ischaemia.

Eleven patients (eight women) underwent urgent revascularisation for acute-on-chronic mesenteric ischaemia. Four patients had dual vessel and seven single vessel reconstructions. Two patients underwent simultaneous bowel resection and one patient has had three separate grafts to the superior mesenteric artery. There were two peri-operative deaths and three have died in the late follow-up period...