Peripartum Primary Prophylaxis Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement in a Patient with Stage IV B-Cell Lymphoma Presenting with a Pathologic Femur Fracture

Peripartum Primary Prophylaxis Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement in a Patient with Stage IV B-Cell Lymphoma Presenting with a Pathologic Femur Fracture

Abstract Background Pulmonary embolus (PE) remains a leading etiology of maternal mortality in the developed world. Increasing utilization of retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement currently includes pregnant patients. Case A 22-year-old woman at 27 weeks...

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Main Authors: David M. Sherer, Mudar Dalloul, Henry James Behar, Ghadir Salame, Roy Holland, Harry Zinn, Ovadia Abulafia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-05-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Subjects:
inferior vena cava filter
pregnancy
pulmonary embolus
prophylaxis
metastatic lymphoma
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1551675

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