title: [Principles of care of patients with intermittent claudication].
abstract: Care of patients with ischaemic disease of lower extremities (IDLE) in the claudication stage is aimed at the treatment of basal arterial disease and moderation of ischaemia. In apt patients it is necessary to indicate some of revascularization procedures (reconstruction surgery, angioplasty, fibrinolysis). All patients with arterial obliterating disease to observe recommended measures in regimen, consisting of continuous nicotine abstinence and elimination of risk factors for IDLE. These measures together with regular muscle training will in most patients in 2nd stage of IDLE slow down the progression of the disease. Regular check-ups by the attending doctor should early reveal threatening complications. Drug treatment in this stage of IDLE is aimed especially to thrombosis prevention and slowing down of arterial changes and improvement of microcirculation.
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authors.lastname: Broulíková
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Zásady péce o nemocné s intermitentní klaudikací.