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- Title
Dyspnea after endomedullary nailing: Fat embolism.
- Authors
Martens, Sebastiaan; De Wit, Marcia; De Grim, Laurens
- Abstract
Fat embolism is a well‐known and life‐threatening condition that can develop after long bone fractures and lower limb orthopedic surgery. It presents in a wide range of respiratory, hematological, neurological, and cutaneous symptoms and signs of varying severity, resulting from embolic showering. It is important for clinicians to have a high index of suspicion for fat embolism in patients with respiratory compromise postoperatively. Rapid recognition and supportive treatment are key in improving the outcome of these patients. The prognosis is usually good, except in fulminant fat embolism syndrome. FE is a life‐threatening complication that can develop after bone fractures and lower limb orthopedic surgery. Because FE has a wide range of respiratory, hematological, neurological, and cutaneous symptoms identifying this syndrome remains a challenge. Awareness of the key features, rapid recognition, and supportive treatment are key in improving the outcome of these patients.
- Subjects
INTRAMEDULLARY fracture fixation; EMBOLISMS; FAT; SYMPTOMS; FAT embolism; ORTHOPEDIC surgery; BONE fractures
- Publication
Clinical Case Reports, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
2050-0904
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1002/ccr3.6788