Routine prophylactic vena cava filter insertion in severely injured trauma patients decreases the incidence of pulmonary embolism. - Concepedia

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Routine prophylactic vena cava filter insertion in severely injured trauma patients decreases the incidence of pulmonary embolism.

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1995

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F. B. Rogers, S R Shackford, Michael A. Ricci, J T Wilson, Simon L. Parsons

Abstract

We concluded that prophylactic vena cava filters are efficacious in decreasing the risk of pulmonary embolism in high-risk trauma patients.