Pocket ICU Management
Therapeutic and Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- If the patient has had a pulmonary embolism (PE), is the patient stable?
- Impaired gas exchange due to V:Q mismatching: administer supplemental oxygen for hypoxemia
- Decreased cardiac output secondary to right ventricular outflow obstruction: intravenous fluids, vasopressors and/or inotropes as indicated
There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
Last updated: May 5, 2010
Citation
"Therapeutic and Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters." Pocket ICU Management, PocketMedicine.com, Inc, 2010. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534248/all/Therapeutic_and_Prophylactic_Vena_Cava_Filters.
Therapeutic and Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters. Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534248/all/Therapeutic_and_Prophylactic_Vena_Cava_Filters. Accessed June 7, 2023.
Therapeutic and Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters. (2010). In Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534248/all/Therapeutic_and_Prophylactic_Vena_Cava_Filters
Therapeutic and Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters [Internet]. In: Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. [cited 2023 June 07]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534248/all/Therapeutic_and_Prophylactic_Vena_Cava_Filters.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Therapeutic and Prophylactic Vena Cava Filters
ID - 534248
Y1 - 2010/05/05/
BT - Pocket ICU Management
UR - https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534248/all/Therapeutic_and_Prophylactic_Vena_Cava_Filters
PB - PocketMedicine.com, Inc
DB - Anesthesia Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
