Case fatality rate with vena cava filters in hospitalized stable patients with cancer and pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 819-824

  Stein, Paul D ^a   Matta, Fadi ^a,b   Sabra, Michel J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST MARY MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Malignancy; Pulmonary embolism; Tumors; Vena cava filters; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE FATALITY RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; VENA CAVA FILTER;

CANCER; MALIGNANCY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TUMORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 84883241078     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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