A pilot study on the randomization of inferior vena cava filter placement for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in high-risk trauma patients.
J Trauma. 2011 Aug;71(2):323-9
Authors: Rajasekhar A, Lottenberg L, Lottenberg R, Feezor RJ, Armen SB, Liu H, Efron PA, Crowther M, Ang D
: Placement of prophylactic inferior vena cava filters (pIVCFs) for the prevention of pulmonary embolism (PE) in high-risk trauma patients (HRTPs) are widely practiced despite the lack of Level I data supporting this use. We report the 2-year interim analysis of the Filters in Trauma pilot study.
PMID: 21825934 [PubMed - in process]