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...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 19, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Last week I showed you the abnormally low transcutaneous oximetry of a woman after radiation to the axillae with single digit TCOM values. With oxygen breathing, the two really low values improve but not up to normal like the one that is over 200 mmHg. I did an oxygen...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 12, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Yesterday I discussed the challenges of ICD-10 coding late effects of radiation. Last week I showed you the axillae of a lady after breast cancer who had radiation changes and a non-healing wound. Her transcutaneous oximetry values on leads 1 and 3 were 8mmHg and...
