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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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Autor principal: Shaikh, Nissar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561953
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.44680