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Nursing Clinics of North America, 2018
Fat embolisms are fat globules that enter the circulatory system, typically through trauma, that may or may not lead to the development of fat embolism syndrome (FES), a rare and ill-defined diagnosis that can cause multiorgan failure and death.
Lauren E. Fukumoto, Kathryn D. Fukumoto
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Fat embolisms are fat globules that enter the circulatory system, typically through trauma, that may or may not lead to the development of fat embolism syndrome (FES), a rare and ill-defined diagnosis that can cause multiorgan failure and death.
Lauren E. Fukumoto, Kathryn D. Fukumoto
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International Ophthalmology, 2010
Ocular fat embolism syndrome in the complete absence of any cardiac defects is a rare phenomenon which is not commonly encountered in ophthalmic practice. We present a case of a 16-year-old girl with fat embolism syndrome and involvement of the retina after a tibial fracture without any cardiac defect.
Martin M. Nentwich +2 more
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Ocular fat embolism syndrome in the complete absence of any cardiac defects is a rare phenomenon which is not commonly encountered in ophthalmic practice. We present a case of a 16-year-old girl with fat embolism syndrome and involvement of the retina after a tibial fracture without any cardiac defect.
Martin M. Nentwich +2 more
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Prevention of fat embolism syndrome
Injury, 2006Fat embolism syndrome is a condition of acute respiratory distress following long-bone trauma. This condition may involve not only the lungs but also a number of other body systems. The pathophysiology is not as yet clearly understood, however, intravasation of fat from long-bone fractures may play a role.
Timothy O White +2 more
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Unraveling the Fat Embolism Syndrome
New England Journal of Medicine, 1993The fat embolism syndrome is a source of considerable morbidity after blunt trauma and is associated with a mortality of 10 to 20 percent.
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The Fat Embolism Syndrome A Review
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1990While fat embolism occurs in most (more than 90%) patients with traumatic injury, the fat embolism syndrome (FES) occurs in only 3%-4% of patients with long-bone fractures. FES involves multiple organ systems and can cause a devastating clinical deterioration within hours.
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1991
The traumatic fat embolism syndrome is throught to be caused by the embolization of fat from traumatized tissues to the pulmonary microvasculature or by the precipitation of stress-mobilized serum lipids within the pulmonary vascular tree. Nontraumatic causes of fat embolism syndrome have been documented and include pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus ...
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The traumatic fat embolism syndrome is throught to be caused by the embolization of fat from traumatized tissues to the pulmonary microvasculature or by the precipitation of stress-mobilized serum lipids within the pulmonary vascular tree. Nontraumatic causes of fat embolism syndrome have been documented and include pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus ...
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Interventional therapies for pulmonary embolism
Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2023Lucas Lauder, Elazer R Edelman
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