Emergency management of fat embolism syndrome

Emergency management of fat embolism syndrome

Fat emboli occur in all patients with long-bone fractures, but only few patients develop systemic dysfunction, particularly the triad of skin, brain, and lung dysfunction known as the fat embolism syndrome (FES). Here we review the FES literature under different subheadings. The incidence of FES var...

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Main Author: Shaikh Nissar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
Subjects:
Brain
clinical criteria
fat emboli
imaging studies
lung
Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2009;volume=2;issue=1;spage=29;epage=33;aulast=Shaikh

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