Inferior Vena Cava Filter Fracture: Potential Liability for Emergency Physicians
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Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted January 1, 2015; Accepted January 13, 2015 Electronically published March 6, 2015 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.1.25326 [West J Emerg Med. 2015;16(2):240–241.] Cooper University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Camden, New Jersey
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