Retrievable Günther Tulip filter complicated by sepsis and retroperitoneal hemorrhage: Successful management by filter retrieval

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 593-597

  Shimizu, Masatoshi ^a   Tatsumi, Kazuhiro ^a   Matsukawa, Ritsu ^a   Shima, Takashi ^a   Miwa, Yoichi ^a  

^a Graduate School of Health Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infection; Retrievable G nther Tulip filter; Retroperitoneal hemorrhage; Thrombocytopenia; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFCAPENE PIVOXIL; CEFPIROME; CILASTATIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER; DOBUTAMINE; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NAFAMSTAT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SUPERINFECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 21644435082     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.593     Document Type: Article

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