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Pulmonary fat embolism
Authors:
A S Michel ,
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium, BE
J Coolen,
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium, BE
J Verschakelen,
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium, BE
W De Wever
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium, BE
Abstract
A 64-year-old man with a subcapital femoral fracture after falling with a scooter underwent a total hip prosthesis. Two days after surgery he developed sudden dyspnea and tachycardia, improved with the administration of supplemental oxygen at 2 liters per minute. Arterial blood gas analysis revealed a pO2 of 75 mmHg.
Published on
01 Sep 2013.
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