The Role of Vena Cava Filters for Injured Patients: Please Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater

JAMA Surg. 2017 Aug 1;152(8):732-733. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.1052.

Authors

Alistair J Kent¹, Jonathan K Aboagye¹, Elliott R Haut^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Departments of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 28492848
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.1052

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Humans
Pulmonary Embolism*
Vena Cava Filters*