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Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices

"Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Instruments that generate intermittent forces, uniformed or graduated, to facilitate the emptying of VEINS. These devices are used to reduce limb EDEMA and prevent venous THROMBOEMBOLISM, such as deep vein thrombosis in the legs.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 18 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2006 and 2007 and 2008 and 2012 and 2016 and 2017
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.