Fatal pulmonary embolism following ankle fracture in a 17-year-old girl

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 400-401

  Chen, Leimin ^a   Soares, D ^a  

^a Logan Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BONE PAIN; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; OBESITY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESUSCITATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WALKING AID;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33644959990     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B3.17152     Document Type: Article

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