Cerebral fat embolism diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging at one, eight, and 50 days after hip arthroplasty: A case report

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 875-879

  Sasano, Nobuko ^a   Ishida, Susumu ^b   Tetsu, Shinichiro ^b   Takasu, Hiroe ^b   Ishikawa, Kiyoshi ^b   Sasano, Hiroshi ^a   Katsuya, Hirotada ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; DOPAMINE; METHOXAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGURIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 12344330688     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018883     Document Type: Article

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