[Intermittent claudication--social aspects in young patients not undergoing surgical treatment].
A total of 107 patients suffering from intermittent claudication (CI) was studied after a mean observation time of 5.9 years. Thirty-one (29%) had died during the observation period. A questionnaire was sent to 76 patients and 78% replied. All patients were under 50 years of age at the first consultation. No patients had been operated upon. The ratio women:men was 1:1.3. 33% received disability pensions or some other kind of pensions. Fifty-eight had limited their spare-time activities because of CI. It is concluded that a close control and reconstructive arteria surgery must still be recommended when the working ability is threatened.
Lundvall
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Jensen
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Simonsen
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Tønnesen
K H
KH
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
Claudicatio intermittens--sociale aspekter hos yngre ikke-opererede patienter.