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Outpatient negative pressure dressing therapy for pretibial lacerations in a patient with high anaesthetic risk: a case study

A 49-year-old female patient was diagnosed in infancy with pulmonary atresia, a ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collaterals. The patient underwent a Blalock-Taussig shunt at aged 18...

The deteriorating DFU: prioritising risk factors to avoid amputation

The three risk factors for amputation illustrated as three intersecting rings of dominance (adapted from Armstrong and Mills)1.