Fat embolism: special situations Bilateral femoral fractures and pathologic femoral fractures

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Kontakis, George M ^a   Tossounidis, Theodoros ^a   Weiss, Kurt ^b   Pape, Hans Christoph ^b   Giannoudis, Peter V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral femoral fractures; Fat embolism; Pathological fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EMBOLISM, FAT; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748622586     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.08.037     Document Type: Article

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