Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: Rare complication of vena cava filter placement in man with paraplegia

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 398-402

  Shem, Kazuko ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Paraplegia; Phlegmasia cerulea dolens; Pulmonary embolism; Spinal cord injuries; Vena cava filters; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; ENOXAPARIN; GABAPENTIN; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANASARCA; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIOTOMY; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HEMATOMA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INDWELLING CATHETER; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PHLEGMASIA CERULEA DOLENS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 55049137111     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11760743     Document Type: Article

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