Prophylactic inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement may increase the relative risk of deep venous thrombosis after acute spinal cord injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 707-712

  Gorman, Peter H ^a,b   Qadri, Syed F A ^a,b   Rao Patel, Anuradha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kernan Hospital   (United States)

^c SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Spinal cord injury; Trauma; Vena cava filters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VENA CAVA FILTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149173158     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318188beba     Document Type: Article

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