{"title":"The importance of Doppler assessment in treating chronic oedema.","authors":"Sylvie Hampton","doi":"10.12968/bjcn.2025.0028","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mrs R is a 66-year-old lady with pain around the knees and swollen legs. She had undergone X-rays and other investigations and was advised to get a Doppler assessment to look for arterial disease. She discovered that her surgery did not offer this service and was given the number to the local Leg Club.</p>","PeriodicalId":35731,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Community Nursing","volume":"30 Sup3","pages":"S41-S42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British Journal of Community Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2025.0028","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mrs R is a 66-year-old lady with pain around the knees and swollen legs. She had undergone X-rays and other investigations and was advised to get a Doppler assessment to look for arterial disease. She discovered that her surgery did not offer this service and was given the number to the local Leg Club.
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British Journal of Community Nursing (BJCN) is the UK"s leading peer-reviewed journal for district nurses, containing the most up-to-date clinical coverage and research on primary care nursing. The journal promotes excellence in clinical practice with an emphasis on the sharing of expertise and innovation in district nursing. Articles are written by nurses from across the community nursing spectrum, and peer-reviewed by leading authorities in primary care to make sure that the journal addresses all aspects of the profession in a way that is relevant, intelligent and accessible, and so useful in daily practice.