From fat embolus to fat embolism syndrome;Des emboles de graisse au syndrome d'embolie graisseuse

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 138-151

  Estebe J P ^a  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

fat embolism

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; APROTININ; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPARIN;

CYTOLOGY; FAT EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030953006     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0750-7658(97)87195-X     Document Type: Review

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