Prophylactic inferior vena cava filter insertion for trauma: Intensive care unit versus operating room

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-216

  Gonzalez, Richard P ^a,b   Cohen, Mabelle ^a   Bosarge, Patrick ^a   Ryan, Jeffrey ^a   Rodning, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMORAL VEIN; FILTER; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDICS; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN AREA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; STANDARD; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATING ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645503879     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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