Fat Embolism

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 533-550

  Akhtar, Shamsuddin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Fat embolism; Fat embolism syndrome; Geriatric; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SILDENAFIL;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FAT EMBOLISM; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PETECHIA; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EMBOLISM, FAT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SKIING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349748485     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2009.07.018     Document Type: Review

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