Trends in the incidence of lower extremity amputations in people with and without diabetes over a five-year period in the Republic of Ireland

To describe trends in the incidence of non-traumatic amputations among people with and without diabetes and estimate the relative risk of an individual with diabetes undergoing a lower extremity amputation compared to an individual without diabetes in the Republic of Ireland. All adults who underwen...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 7; no. 7; p. e41492
Main Authors:	Buckley, Claire M, O'Farrell, Anne, Canavan, Ronan J, Lynch, Anthony D, De La Harpe, Davida V, Bradley, Colin P, Perry, Ivan J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 31-07-2012 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adults Age Amputation Amputation - statistics & numerical data Amputation - trends Analysis Codes Confidence intervals Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - surgery Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - surgery Diabetic Foot - epidemiology Diabetic Foot - surgery Diabetics Epidemiology Estimates Foot diseases Forecasts and trends Health risks Health services Hospitals Humans Incidence Ireland - epidemiology Leg - surgery Length of Stay Medicine Mortality Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data Patients Population Public health Risk Studies Trend analysis Trends Type 2 diabetes Ireland
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