Literature DB >> 8365324

Fatal cerebral fat embolism associated with a patent foramen ovale.

E E Etchells1, D T Wong, G Davidson, P L Houston.   

Abstract

A healthy 22-year-old woman developed respiratory failure and brain death within 48 h of bilateral tibial fractures. Autopsy showed fat embolism in the lung and brain, and a large patent foramen ovale that may have contributed to massive cerebral fat embolism.

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Year:  1993        PMID: 8365324     DOI: 10.1378/chest.104.3.962

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Chest        ISSN: 0012-3692            Impact factor:   9.410


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1.  Cerebral fat embolism after traumatic bone fractures: a structured literature review and analysis of published case reports.

Authors:  Luigi Vetrugno; Elena Bignami; Cristian Deana; Flavio Bassi; Maria Vargas; Maria Orsaria; Daniele Bagatto; Cristina Intermite; Francesco Meroi; Francesco Saglietti; Marco Sartori; Daniele Orso; Massimo Robiony; Tiziana Bove
Journal:  Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med       Date:  2021-03-12       Impact factor: 2.953

2.  Brain death due to fat embolism - could moderate hypercapnia and prone position be blamed for the tonsillar herniation?

Authors:  Rafael Kawati; Anders Larsson
Journal:  Ups J Med Sci       Date:  2013-08-27       Impact factor: 2.384

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