Fat Embolism Syndrome Complicated by Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism after Bilateral femoral shaft Fractures: Two Nightmares in the Same Patient

Fat Embolism Syndrome Complicated by Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism after Bilateral femoral shaft Fractures: Two Nightmares in the Same Patient

Case Report A 23 year old young healthy female was brought to orthopedic emergency department with history of road traffic accident. There was no hypotension or right ventricular strain on echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers were negative. she was started on rivaroxaban 15mg BD. She showed impro...

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Veröffentlicht in:JK science : journal of medical education and research 2023-04, Vol.25 (2), p.128-130
Hauptverfasser: Shafi, Aamir, Ul Islam, Jawhar, Ahad, Wani Abdul, Zahoor, Aariba
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Sprache:eng
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Case reports
Eardrum
Fat Embolism syndrome
Femoral Shaft fracture
Fractures
Hypoxia
Open access publishing
Orthopedics
Patients
Postoperative period
Pulmonary embolisms
Pulmonary thromboembolism
Thromboembolism
Trauma
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Zusammenfassung:Case Report A 23 year old young healthy female was brought to orthopedic emergency department with history of road traffic accident. There was no hypotension or right ventricular strain on echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers were negative. she was started on rivaroxaban 15mg BD. She showed improvement in oxygenation and was discharged after 15 days of complicated hospital course in hemodynamically stable condition on oral anticoagulation. Postoperative complications of concomitant fat embolism syndrome, pulmonary embolism and tympanic membrane perforation after tibiofibular fracture: A case report.
ISSN:0972-1177