Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 104-107 , August 2008

Bilateral Compartment Syndrome as a Result of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Thrombosis

  • Hamid Shokoohi, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Hamid Shokoohi, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 2B-420, Washington, DC 20037; 202-741-2911, fax 202-741-2921
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  • Jeffrey Smith, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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  • Andrew Holmes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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  • Bruce Abell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Received 1 May 2007 ,Revised 5 August 2007 ,Accepted 17 August 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPHFunding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.Publication dates: Available online October 15, 2007.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01446-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.08.017

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 104-107 , August 2008

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