Peripheral Vascular Disease

This condition is treated in the Vascular surgery clinic.

Pre-referral work-up

History

All referrals should comply to the referral standards and also include:

• Smoking status
• Claudication distance
• Peripheral pulses
• Skin and nail changes consistent with ischaemia

Tests

• Duplex scan

Interim/GP management

To refer a patient with this condition, please see the Vascular Surgery clinic page for the full referral process and templates.

Management of risk factors especially diabetes and smoking.

Please review medication if this includes a B blocker and if this must be maintained consider a more selective B blocker. Advice regarding a graduated exercise program

For more information please see the HealthPathways Tasmania website.

Clinic appointments

? Red location flags are clinical indicators of possible serious underlying conditions requiring further medical intervention. They may or may not indicate an emergency.

Urgent (Category 1)

? Ischaemic changes or rest pain requires immediate referral

Urgent referrals should be accompanied by a phone call to the Consultant/Registrar to organise urgent review.

We will endeavour to see these patients within four weeks, or sooner if clinically indicated.

Semi-urgent (Category 2)

Rest or night pain, ulceration

Routine (Category 3)

Disabling claudication

Next available appointment

Availability

North

Launceston General Hospital
Level 3 - Specialist Clinics

Phone: 1300 977 694
Fax: 03 6777 5227

North West

Mersey Community Hospital
Phone: 1800 636 455
Fax: 6441 5928

South

Liverpool Clinics (Level 7)
Phone: 03 6166 0000
Fax: 03 6234 9941