title: Assessment of ischaemic feet in diabetes.
abstract: Transcutaneous oximetry, laser Doppler flowmetry and ankle brachial systolic pressure indices were used to investigate blood flow to the feet in 26 subjects with diabetes mellitus and peripheral arterial disease. A total of 21 critically ischaemic feet and 15 non-critically ischaemic feet were investigated. Using laser Doppler flowmetry, non-critically ischaemic feet demonstrated a significant increase in maximum blood flow, and percentage increase in flow following local heating (p = 0.038, p = 0.012) in comparison with critically ischaemic feet. These statistically significant differences reflect an increased hyperaemic response in non-critically ischaemic feet.
authors.affiliation: London Foot Hospital.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000592:standards*; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010092:Oximetry / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results