Improved removal rates for retrievable inferior vena cava filters with the use of a 'filter registry'

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-97

  Kalina, Michael ^a   Bartley, Marilyn ^a   Cipolle, Mark ^a   Tinkoff, Glen ^a   Stevenson, Scott ^a   Fulda, Gerard ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 84857085784     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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