Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B, CFCN, CFCS, CNE, FADLN, CWCN-AP, assistant professor and associate dean for strategic engagement and impact, wrote a letter to the editor of the Baltimore Banner that was published Oct. 1.
The letter, "Peripheral arterial disease is a silent crisis. It doesn’t have to be that way," raises awareness following Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Month in September.
Conyers wrote: "Every year, thousands of Americans lose a limb to a disease most have never heard of: peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Affecting as many as 12 million people, roughly one in 20 adults over 60, PAD is the nation’s leading cause of amputations. Yet it remains underdiagnosed, undertreated, and devastatingly unequal in its impact."
Read the letter online (requires account) or download a PDF of the letter.