Awareness of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
UAB Med Cast
English - June 25, 2018 12:00 - 15 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsHealth & Fitness uab medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Awareness of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is very low in both patients and in primary care practice despite an increase in incidence. Referral to vascular medicine can aid in both diagnosis and risk factor modification and can lead to better outcomes.
Benjamin Pearce, MD, discusses the presentation of PAD to primary care and some easy questions/non-invasive tests to help improve appropriate and timely referral.