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Use of Doppler in patients with an ulcer of the lower limb to measure ankle brachial pressure index
| Ulcer type | Percentage who had a recorded Doppler | Percentage who did not have a recorded Doppler | Percentage of these who were prescribed a compression bandage/hosiery |
| Venous leg ulcer | 59% | 88% | |
| 41% | 99% | ||
| Arterial leg ulcer | 22% | 0% | |
| 78% | 0% | ||
| Mixed leg ulcer | 27% | 100% | |
| 73% | 100% | ||
| Unspecified leg ulcer | 0% | 0% | |
| 100% | 26% | ||
| Diabetic foot ulcer | 8% | 50% | |
| 92% | 12% | ||
| All lower limb ulcers | 15% | 75% | |
| 85% | 29% |
