The use of retrievable inferior vena cava filters in trauma: Implications for the trauma team

Journal of Trauma Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 45-51

  FitzPatrick, Mary Kate ^a   Reilly, Patrick ^b   Stavropoulos, S William ^c  

^a Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Retrievable IVC filters; Venothromboembolic prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CASE MANAGEMENT; DECISION TREE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MODEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECYCLING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ALGORITHMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; DECISION TREES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 33748098889     PISSN: 10787496     EISSN: 19323883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043860-200604000-00004     Document Type: Article

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