Recent commencement of dialysis is a risk factor for lower-extremity amputation in a high-risk diabetic population

Diabetes Care. 2000 Mar;23(3):432-3. doi: 10.2337/diacare.23.3.432.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amputation, Surgical / statistics & numerical data*
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / epidemiology
  • Diabetic Foot / surgery*
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / epidemiology
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / epidemiology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • New Zealand / epidemiology
  • Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / statistics & numerical data*
  • Renal Dialysis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Risk Factors