A case of fatal paradoxical fat embolism syndrome detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 688-689

  Kariya, Nobutaka ^a   Shindoh, Mitsuo ^a   Hayashi, Yukako ^a   Nakasuji, Masato ^a   Nishi, Shinichi ^a   Nishikawa, Kiyonobu ^a   Asada, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAT EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035123773     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200103000-00026     Document Type: Article

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