A Lethal Case of Fat Embolism Syndrome in a Nine-Year-Old Child: Options for Prevention

We report a lethal case of fat embolism syndrome in a nine-year-old child after a direct blunt trauma leading to a pelvic fracture. On the second day, signs of bowel perforation and septic shock led to an acute aggravation of the pulmonary symptoms, cardiac arrest and death. Fat embolism is seldom t...

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Published in:European journal of trauma and emergency surgery (Munich : 2007) 2009-06, Vol.35 (3), p.311-313
Main Authors: Teeuwen, Pascal H. E., Sloots, Pim C. E. J., de Blaauw, Ivo, Wijnen, Rene, Biert, Jan
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Body fat
Bones
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Critical Care Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Fatalities
Fractures
Intensive
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Preventive medicine
Sports Medicine
Surgery
Surgical Orthopedics
Trauma care
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