Should prophylactic vena cava filters be used for VTE prophylaxis in trauma patients?
The routine use of prophylactic vena cava filters in trauma patients warrants re-examination based on risk factor profiling.
Patients who need VTE prophylaxis after trauma can be identified based on risk factors. The use of prophylactic vena cava filters should be re-examined.
Knudson et al. (Thu,) studied this question.