Routine prophylactic vena cava filtration is not indicated after acute spinal cord injury

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 902-906

  Maxwell, Robert A ^a   Chavarria Aguilar, Marco ^a   Cockerham, William T ^a   Lewis, Patricia L ^a   Barker, Donald E ^a   Durham, Rodney M ^b   Ciraulo, David L ^a   Richart, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute spinal cord injury; Deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036092151     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200205000-00013     Document Type: Article

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