fat embolism

The cause of death was given as fat embolism by medical negligence.

Lipuria has also been reported as a sign following fat embolism.

This test is not sensitive, however, and does not rule out fat embolism.

Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the pathogenesis of fat embolism.

Complications from a fat embolism tend to be serious:

Explains the pathogenesis of fat embolism in non-traumatic cases.

In the 1920s it became out of fashion after low cure rates and the incidence of fat embolisms caused by its application.

A fat embolism is what killed Dr. Christman's patient.

Legs were often broken as an act of mercy to the tortured person by hastening death through severe traumatic shock and fat embolism.

In addition, complications arose and he developed a fat embolism in his left lung, which is a potentially fatal condition.

Fat embolism - embolism of bone fracture or fat droplets.

Castro O. Systemic fat embolism and pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease.

Fat embolism, a condition in which fat blocks an artery, which can result from a physical injury such as a broken bone.

Pulmonary fat embolism.

Fat embolism usually occurs when endogenous (from sources within the organism) fat tissue escapes into the blood circulation.

Bone fracture (for fat embolism)

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is distinct from the presence of fat emboli.

House at first thinks she has a pulmonary embolism, but soon realizes she has a fat embolism, caused by the amputation.

The risk of fat embolism syndrome is thought to be reduced by early immobilization of fractures and especially by early operative correction.

Clinical fat embolism syndrome presents with tachycardia, tachypnea, elevated temperature, hypoxemia, hypocapnia, thrombocytopenia, and occasionally mild neurological symptoms.

Dr. Ranawat, he added, also erred by insisting that Mr. Schaap was instead suffering from another ailment, fat embolism syndrome.

A fat embolism is a type of embolism that is often caused by physical trauma such as fracture of long bones, soft tissue trauma and burns.

What felled Mr. Schaap, he said, was fat embolism syndrome, a condition in which bone marrow seeps into the bloodstream during orthopedic surgery and travels to the lungs.

Though his best known work was in venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, fat embolism, and the healing of fractures, he was to become an "outstanding pathologist, particularly in accident surgery".

This syndrome can mimic asthma, anaphylaxis, collapsed lungs, pulmonary embolism, or fat embolism, and can lead to an inaccurate diagnosis and inappropriate treatment which may be harmful to the patient.