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Peripheral Arterial Disease Hall of Shame – Case #2

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 26, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Skin Perfusion Pressure (SPP)

Here is another installment in my “Peripheral Arterial Disease Hall of Shame.” This is an alert woman in her 90’s who still lives alone. She has had a circumferential leg ulcer for 4 years and chronic pain. She has been to a series of physicians and...

Peripheral Arterial Disease Hall of Shame – Case #1

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 19, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Skin Perfusion Pressure (SPP)

I have decided to start a series called the “Peripheral Arterial Disease Hall of Shame.” Maybe if we keep talking about these cases we can change the way these patients are treated so they are diagnosed before it is too late. This is a 60ish year old...
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