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Alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: A case report with short systemic review
Fat embolism and fat embolism syndrome (FES) are well-known complications of long bone fracture and surgery involving manipulation of skeletal elements. Many non-traumatic causes of FES have been suggested but they constitute only a small portion. FES presents with classical symptoms of petechiae, h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741098 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.110427 |
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author | Dash, Sananta Kumar Bansal, Avdesh Wankhade, Bhushan Sudhakar Sharma, Rakesh |
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description | Fat embolism and fat embolism syndrome (FES) are well-known complications of long bone fracture and surgery involving manipulation of skeletal elements. Many non-traumatic causes of FES have been suggested but they constitute only a small portion. FES presents with classical symptoms of petechiae, hypoxemia, central nervous system symptoms along with other features such as tachycardia and pyrexia. Diagnosis of FES relies on clinical judgment rather than objective findings such as emboli present in the retinal vessels on fundoscopy, fat globules present in urine and sputum, a sudden inexplicable drop in hematocrit or platelet values, increasing erythrocyte sedimentation rate. |
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spelling | pubmed-36695572013-06-05 Alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: A case report with short systemic review Dash, Sananta Kumar Bansal, Avdesh Wankhade, Bhushan Sudhakar Sharma, Rakesh Lung India Case Report Fat embolism and fat embolism syndrome (FES) are well-known complications of long bone fracture and surgery involving manipulation of skeletal elements. Many non-traumatic causes of FES have been suggested but they constitute only a small portion. FES presents with classical symptoms of petechiae, hypoxemia, central nervous system symptoms along with other features such as tachycardia and pyrexia. Diagnosis of FES relies on clinical judgment rather than objective findings such as emboli present in the retinal vessels on fundoscopy, fat globules present in urine and sputum, a sudden inexplicable drop in hematocrit or platelet values, increasing erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3669557/ /pubmed/23741098 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.110427 Text en Copyright: © Lung India 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Dash, Sananta Kumar Bansal, Avdesh Wankhade, Bhushan Sudhakar Sharma, Rakesh Alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: A case report with short systemic review |
title | Alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: A case report with short systemic review |
title_full | Alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: A case report with short systemic review |
title_fullStr | Alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: A case report with short systemic review |
title_full_unstemmed | Alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: A case report with short systemic review |
title_short | Alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: A case report with short systemic review |
title_sort | alveolar hemorrhage in a case of fat embolism syndrome: a case report with short systemic review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741098 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.110427 |
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