Multimodal imaging tools for diagnosis of fat embolism

It is important to consider several differential diagnoses in a patient presenting with altered sensorium following surgery. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a serious condition that needs to be excluded. Although criteria for diagnosis of FES are available, all patients may not satisfy them. We discu...

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Autores principales: Shobha, Nandavar, Bermejo, Pablo Garcia, Bhatia, Rohit, Choi, Youngbin, Smith, Eric E, Demchuk, Andrew M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21769221
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.82232
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Bhatia, Rohit
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Smith, Eric E
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description It is important to consider several differential diagnoses in a patient presenting with altered sensorium following surgery. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a serious condition that needs to be excluded. Although criteria for diagnosis of FES are available, all patients may not satisfy them. We discuss a patient who presented with an incomplete triad of the FES, where the diagnosis was supported by transcranial doppler monitoring of microembolic signals and magnetic resonance imaging.
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spelling pubmed-31323742011-07-18 Multimodal imaging tools for diagnosis of fat embolism Shobha, Nandavar Bermejo, Pablo Garcia Bhatia, Rohit Choi, Youngbin Smith, Eric E Demchuk, Andrew M J Emerg Trauma Shock Case Report It is important to consider several differential diagnoses in a patient presenting with altered sensorium following surgery. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a serious condition that needs to be excluded. Although criteria for diagnosis of FES are available, all patients may not satisfy them. We discuss a patient who presented with an incomplete triad of the FES, where the diagnosis was supported by transcranial doppler monitoring of microembolic signals and magnetic resonance imaging. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3132374/ /pubmed/21769221 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.82232 Text en © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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