Just leg pain? Think again: What health leaders must know about peripheral arterial disease.
Approximately 800,000 Canadians have Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). Peripheral arterial disease is also a leading cause of limb amputation. Yet public and clinical awareness of PAD is very limited. This article discusses the "Just Leg Pain? Think Again" awareness campaign the Canadian Association of Wound Care has launched in response. This article also summarizes PAD risk factors, screening, linkage with diabetes, treatment and care interventions, PAD care innovations, and the need for policy leadership on this issue.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. giuseppe.papia@sunnybrook.ca.
Giuseppe
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Papia
The Mayer Institute for Advanced Diabetic Foot and Wound Care, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Perry
P
Mayer
William Osler Health System, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
David
D
Kelton
Canadian Association of Wound Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Douglas
D
Queen
Canadian Association of Wound Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
James A
JA
Elliott
Canadian Association of Wound Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Faculty St. Lawrence/Laurentian University, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.
Janet L
JL
Kuhnke