A population-based study of inferior vena cava filters in patients with acute venous thromboembolism

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1456-1462

  Spencer, Frederick A ^a,b   Bates, Shannon M ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^b   Lessard, Darleen ^b   Emery, Cathy ^b   Glushchenko, Alla ^a   Gore, Joel M ^b   White, Richard H ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ACUTE DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77956923528     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.272     Document Type: Article

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