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Diagnosis of fat embolism syndrome using point‐of‐care ultrasound
Sonography, 2023Fat embolism (FES) is a condition that can lead to severe organ effects and death in patients with long bone fractures. Diagnosis is challenging due to multiple criteria. This case report presents the use of point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) in diagnosing
Issac Cheong +9 more
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1981
Patients with the fat embolism syndrome are reported to have a severe course, with mortality as high as 15 percent. Recent studies have attributed improved prognosis to one or another treatment modality. We reviewed the 54 patients with clinical evidence of the posttraumatic fat embolism syndrome documented at the Foothills Hospital from 1968 to 1977 ...
Theodore E. Braun, Clarence A. Guenter
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Patients with the fat embolism syndrome are reported to have a severe course, with mortality as high as 15 percent. Recent studies have attributed improved prognosis to one or another treatment modality. We reviewed the 54 patients with clinical evidence of the posttraumatic fat embolism syndrome documented at the Foothills Hospital from 1968 to 1977 ...
Theodore E. Braun, Clarence A. Guenter
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A case of fatal fulminant fat embolism syndrome following multiple fractures resulting from a fall
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2022Fat embolism syndrome is a life‐threatening condition in which fatty substances enter the circulation and cause respiratory distress and neurological symptoms.
Yuichiro Hirata +7 more
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Fat Embolism and Fat Embolism Syndrome
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2019Fat embolism (FE) occurs frequently after trauma and during orthopaedic procedures involving manipulation of intramedullary contents. Classically characterized as a triad of pulmonary distress, neurologic symptoms, and petechial rash, the clinical entity of FE syndrome is much less common.
David L. Rothberg +1 more
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The Fat Embolism Syndrome [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1979 The fat embolism syndrome is a symptom complex of acute respiratory failure after long-bone fractures. It is thought to be caused by deposition of embolic fat within the pulmonary capillaries, resulting in a capillary leak within the lung. The source of the embolic fat appears to be marrow fat.
Harry R. Gossling, Thomas A. Donohue
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Fatal Fulminant Fat Embolism Syndrome in Adult Spine Deformity Surgery
JBJS Case Connector, 2022Case: A 68-year-old woman was scheduled to undergo elective correction of coronal spinal malalignment after a previous lumbar instrumented fusion. In the final stages of the operation, the patient became hemodynamically unstable.
J. Mohar
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Nursing, 2011
A 48-year-old man who had a traumatic fracture of the left femoral shaft 20 hours earlier was referred for a deterioration of consciousness that began after the fracture occurred. He was unresponsive to verbal stimuli; no focal neurologic abnormalities were found.
Ellen Pfadt, Dorothy S. Carlson
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A 48-year-old man who had a traumatic fracture of the left femoral shaft 20 hours earlier was referred for a deterioration of consciousness that began after the fracture occurred. He was unresponsive to verbal stimuli; no focal neurologic abnormalities were found.
Ellen Pfadt, Dorothy S. Carlson
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Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2022
Fat embolism syndrome after bone marrow necrosis is an extremely rare complication in sickle cell disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. A high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis.
Alessandra Bosch +5 more
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Fat embolism syndrome after bone marrow necrosis is an extremely rare complication in sickle cell disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. A high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis.
Alessandra Bosch +5 more
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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1974
1. A distinction must be made between the fat embolism syndrome, a clinical entity, and fat embolism demonstrated pathologically, which may be found after death following fracture with no prior evidence of the syndrome. 2. One hundred cases of the syndrome encountered over a period of four years have been studied in detail and the diagnostic criteria
R. I. Wilson, Alan R. Gurd
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1. A distinction must be made between the fat embolism syndrome, a clinical entity, and fat embolism demonstrated pathologically, which may be found after death following fracture with no prior evidence of the syndrome. 2. One hundred cases of the syndrome encountered over a period of four years have been studied in detail and the diagnostic criteria
R. I. Wilson, Alan R. Gurd
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