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Brain death due to fat embolism — could moderate hypercapnia and prone position be blamed for the tonsillar herniation?
Fat embolism to the systemic circulation in polytrauma patients is very common. The fat embolism syndrome (FES), however, is a rare condition. We describe a case of traumatic femur fracture with FES that was presented as acute tonsillar herniation (coning) and brain death postoperatively. We believe...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Informa Healthcare
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23977867 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03009734.2013.818600 |