Timing of pulmonary emboli after trauma: Implications for retrievable vena cava filters

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 732-735

  Sing, Ronald F ^a,e,f   Camp, Steven M ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a   Rutherford, Edmund J ^b   Dix, Stephanie ^b   Reilly, Patrick M ^c   Holmes, James H ^c   Haut, Elliott ^d   Hayanga, Awori ^d   Rogers, Frederick B ^e   Hoff, William S ^e   Mullins, Richard J ^e   Root, H David ^e  

^a F H Sammy Ross Jr Trauma Center   (United States)

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

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e Carolinas Medical Center ^*

^f CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembelism; Vena cava filter

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME; VENA CAVA FILTER; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646472935     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000210285.22571.66     Document Type: Review

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