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Severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure after fall and hip fracture in an elderly woman
Fat embolism syndrome is a rare complication of long bone fractures and orthopedic surgery. We report a case of a 90‐year‐old woman who developed severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure few hours after an accidental fall complicated by fracture of the left femur neck and left humerus....
Autores principales: | Rostagno, Carlo, Maiani, Silvia, Di Donato, Rosa, Bandini, Giulia, Grassi, Enrico, Fainardi, Enrico |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8659542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5145 |
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