Post-traumatic Fat Embolism—Its Clinical and Subclinical Presentations
| Autor: | Leung Pc, Kai-Ming Chan, Chow Yn, Tham Kt, Chiu Hs |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Mortality rate Incidence (epidemiology) Poison control Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Gastroenterology Surgery Internal medicine medicine Globules of fat Fat embolism Prospective cohort study business Subclinical infection Traumatic fat embolism |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 24:45-49 |
| ISSN: | 0022-5282 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00005373-198401000-00007 |
| Popis: | A prospective study of post-traumatic fat embolism among a group of Chinese patients suffering from fractures demonstrated an incidence of 8.75% in fracture patients with overt clinical features and a mortality rate of 2.5%. In a multiple-fracture group the incidence of fat embolism was 35%. The significant findings of 64% of the patients with a low arterial pO2 and 52% with positive cryostat tests for fat globules suggested a high incidence of subclinical presentation. The presence of large vacuoles in the cryostat sections is demonstrated and its significance discussed. The 'iceberg' phenomenon of fat embolism syndrome should be well recognized, particularly in patients with multiple fractures. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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