Insulin use is associated with poor limb salvage and survival in diabetic patients with chronic limb ischemia.
Dosluoglu
Hasan H
HH
Division of Vascular Surgery, Veterans' Administration Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY, USA. dosluoglu@yahoo.com
Lall
Purandath
P
Nader
Nader D
ND
Harris
Linda M
LM
Dryjski
Maciej L
ML
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007328:Insulin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin