Publications by authors named "Patric Emerson Oliveira Goncalves"
Article Synopsis
- - The study examines the effectiveness of the pedal acceleration time (PAT) as an alternative method to the ankle-brachial index (ABI) for evaluating limb blood flow in diabetic patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), particularly when traditional ABI measurements are challenging.
- - A cross-sectional study involved 141 patients (both diabetic and nondiabetic) to assess how well PAT predicts lower-limb ischemia by measuring its accuracy against ABI categories and Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI) scores.
- - Results indicated that PAT demonstrated high accuracy in correlating with ABI levels and WIfI stages: 85% for ABI < 0.8 in nondiabetic patients, and
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in reducing rest pain for patients suffering from chronic limb-threatening ischemia.
- A total of 23 patients were randomly assigned to receive either TENS or a sham intervention, with results measured using pain intensity scales.
- Both groups reported a significant decrease in pain levels, but there was no meaningful difference in pain relief between the TENS and sham treatments.