Cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -A case report-

Fat embolism syndrome is a rare and potentially lethal complication most commonly seen in long bone fractures and intramedullary manipulation. The clinical triad of fat embolism syndrome consists of mental confusion, respiratory distress, and petechiae. This study reports a case of cerebral fat embo...

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Autores principales: Chang, Ri-Na, Kim, Jong-Hak, Lee, Heeseung, Baik, Hee-Jung, Chung, Rack Kyung, Kim, Chi Hyo, Hwang, Tae-Hu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286442
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S207
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author Chang, Ri-Na
Kim, Jong-Hak
Lee, Heeseung
Baik, Hee-Jung
Chung, Rack Kyung
Kim, Chi Hyo
Hwang, Tae-Hu
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Kim, Jong-Hak
Lee, Heeseung
Baik, Hee-Jung
Chung, Rack Kyung
Kim, Chi Hyo
Hwang, Tae-Hu
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description Fat embolism syndrome is a rare and potentially lethal complication most commonly seen in long bone fractures and intramedullary manipulation. The clinical triad of fat embolism syndrome consists of mental confusion, respiratory distress, and petechiae. This study reports a case of cerebral fat embolism syndrome following elective bilateral total knee replacement. After an uneventful anesthesia and initial recovery, the patient developed neurologic symptoms nine hours postoperatively.
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spelling pubmed-30300382011-01-31 Cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -A case report- Chang, Ri-Na Kim, Jong-Hak Lee, Heeseung Baik, Hee-Jung Chung, Rack Kyung Kim, Chi Hyo Hwang, Tae-Hu Korean J Anesthesiol Case Report Fat embolism syndrome is a rare and potentially lethal complication most commonly seen in long bone fractures and intramedullary manipulation. The clinical triad of fat embolism syndrome consists of mental confusion, respiratory distress, and petechiae. This study reports a case of cerebral fat embolism syndrome following elective bilateral total knee replacement. After an uneventful anesthesia and initial recovery, the patient developed neurologic symptoms nine hours postoperatively. The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2010-12 2010-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3030038/ /pubmed/21286442 http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S207 Text en Copyright © The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2010 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chang, Ri-Na
Kim, Jong-Hak
Lee, Heeseung
Baik, Hee-Jung
Chung, Rack Kyung
Kim, Chi Hyo
Hwang, Tae-Hu
Cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -A case report-
title Cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -A case report-
title_full Cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -A case report-
title_fullStr Cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -A case report-
title_full_unstemmed Cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -A case report-
title_short Cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -A case report-
title_sort cerebral fat embolism after bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty -a case report-
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286442
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S207
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