Greenfield Filter

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Greenfield filter

Etymology: L. Greenfield, twentieth-century American surgeon

a filter placed in the inferior vena cava under fluoroscopic guidance. It is used in patients who are particularly vulnerable to pulmonary embolism, such as those diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis with contraindications to anticoagulation, to prevent venous emboli from entering the pulmonary circulation.

Greenfield Filter

A multi-strutted vena caval filter for preventing pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis

Greenfield filter

Filter umbrella Clinical medicine A vena caval filter for preventing PE, DVT. See Inferior vena caval filter.

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inferior vena caval filter vena cava filter			Acute complications associated with Greenfield filter insertion in high-risk trauma patients. Removal of vena caval filter at 224 days by Lipman, John C. / Southern Medical Journal One patient received warfarin, and a Greenfield filter was considered for patent foramen ovale. Unusual symptoms may signal psychogenic pseudostroke. (Serious Recent ... by Clinical Psychiatry News Abstract: The Greenfield filter and similar devices are placed in the vena cava of patients who have contraindications to anticoagulation, but who would otherwise be at risk of pulmonary embolism without such anticoagulation. The Greenfield filter as a potential hazard to the operating surgeon by Basson, Marc D. / Southern Medical Journal			green mother-of-millions green muscle disease Green Nail Syndrome Green Nails green panic grass Green Paper green pea Green Poultice Green Sheet green soap green soap tincture green stool syndrome green struck Green Tea Green Tobacco Sickness Green Top Tube Green Urine Disease green veratrum green vetch green water culture green wool Green-Lipped Mussel Extract greenback flounder Greenberg v. H&H Music Health Insurance Greenetrack disease Greenfield Filter Greenfield's disease greenhouse effect Greenhouse Gas greenie Greenough microscope Greens greenstick fracture Greer's goo gregarine gregarines Greig's syndrome grenz rays Grenz Zone grepafloxacin greta Greulich-Pyle method Grevillea Grevyi's zebra grey Grey Literature Grey Turner Sign Grey Turner's sign greyface Greyhound Greyhound Therapy			greener Greener Homes Scheme Greener House Investments PLC greener pastures Greener World Media greeneries Greeners greenery Greenery Day Greenery Rehabilitation Group, Inc. greenest greenest greenest greenest greenest Greenetrack disease Greeneville Greeneville, Tennessee greeneye greeneyes greenfeed greenfield greenfield greenfield Greenfield Central High School Greenfield Central School Corporation Greenfield Coalition Fundamentals Greenfield Education and Training Center Greenfield Engineering Titanium Ltd Greenfield Environmental Trust Group, Inc. Greenfield Filter Greenfield Hebrew Academy Greenfield land Greenfield land Greenfield Marketing Solutions Greenfield Montague Transportation Area Greenfield Park Junior High Greenfield Public Library Greenfield State Park Greenfield Village Greenfield's disease Greenfield's disease Greenfield's disease Greenfield's disease Greenfields Greenfields greenfinch greenfinch greenfinches greenfinches Greenfish greenflies greenflies greenfly greenfly greenfly Greenform Greenform Greenfuel greengage greengage

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