Patients with critical limb ischaemia, without possibility for vascular surgery reconstruction, are a high selected population with a wide scale occurrence of co-morbidity and mortality. We outline the use of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) to these patients. Impact on both wound healing and cost-effectiveness concerning IPC use are recently shown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To estimate the wound-care related costs in two hospitals in Denmark.
Method: A point-prevalence survey with a focus on resource consumption was carried out during a representative 1-week period in March 20 I 0, in two hospitals in Denmark: Regional Hospital Viborg, in the Viborg Municipality and Hillerod Hospital, in the Horsholm Municipality. Data were collected during a 2-day period for inpatients and outpatients in the hospitals and over a full week in the municipalities.
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg
November 2011
Objective: The study aimed to test the potential role of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF-II as biomarkers for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
Methods And Results: IGF-I and II levels were analysed in 115 patients with screening diagnosed AAA kept under annual surveillance for 10 years. Serum IGF-I correlated positively with AAA size and growth rate (r = 0.
Background: The risk factors associated with, and the incidence of systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are poorly understood.
Objectives: We studied the association between AF and upper limb thromboembolectomy involving brachial, ulnar or radial artery in a national cohort study that included all individuals aged 40-99 years with incident AF.
Methods: Data were retrieved from the Danish National Vascular Registry, the National Registry of Patients, the Danish Civil Registration System and Statistics Denmark.