Your patient's ABI is 0.9 . How would you interpret this?
A. The patient should have a vascular consult.
B. The patient should have a trial of physical therapy and if no improvements are found, should be referred for a surgical consult.
C. The patient's ABI is normal.
D. The patient likely has diabetes mellitus that is artificially elevating his ABI.
C
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