Guidewire incidents with inferior vena cava filters

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 231-233

  Sing, Ronald F ^a,b   Adrales, Gina ^b   Baek, Suzanne ^c   Kelley, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Carolinas Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

Guidewire; Inferior vena cava filter; Trauma care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; VENA CAVA FILTER;

AGED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 0347868649     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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