A case of pulmonary fat embolism and cardiac arrest after prosthetic replacement of the femoral stem

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 418-

  Mori, Kenya ^a   Sakaki, Juntaro ^a   Akizuki, Shaw ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Nagano Matsushiro General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAT EMBOLISM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIOLOGY; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EMBOLISM, FAT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33748398847     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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