Intraparenchymal Neuromonitoring of Cerebral Fat Embolism Syndrome

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to characterize the cerebrovascular physiology of cerebral fat embolism using invasive multimodal neuromonitoring. DATA SOURCES: ICU, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada. STUDY SELECTION: Case report. DATA EXTRACTION: Patient monitoring software (ICM+, Cambridge, United Kingdom), clinical records, and surgical records. DATA SYNTHESIS: None. CONCLUSIONS: Our integrated assessment of the cerebrovascular physiology of fat embolism syndrome provides a physiologic basis to investigate the importance of augmenting mean arterial pressure to optimize cerebral oxygen delivery for the mitigation of long-term neurologic ischemic sequelae of cerebral fat embolism.