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

• Main Authors: David M. Sherer (Author), Mudar Dalloul (Author), Henry James Behar (Author), Ghadir Salame (Author), Roy Holland (Author), Harry Zinn (Author), Ovadia Abulafia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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' gestation was diagnosed...