Evaluation of potential fat emboli during placement of intramedullary nails after orthopedic fractures

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 178-181

  Aoki, Noriaki ^a,b   Soma, Kazui ^a   Shindo, Masateru ^a   Kurosawa, Toshiro ^a   Ohwada, Takashi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Fat embolism syndrome; Lipid laden cells; Transesophageal echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LONG BONE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031974025     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.1.178     Document Type: Article

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