Open AccessSevere neurologic impairment and respiratory failure after fall and hip fracture in an elderly woman
Author(s) -
Rostagno Carlo,
Maiani Silvia,
Di Donato Rosa,
Bandini Giulia,
Grassi Enrico,
Fainardi Enrico
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5145
Subject(s) - medicine , accidental fall , orthopedic surgery , accidental , complication , fat embolism syndrome , surgery , respiratory failure , femur , femur fracture , fat embolism , physics , acoustics
Fat embolism syndrome is a rare complication of long bone fractures and orthopedic surgery. We report a case of a 90‐year‐old woman who developed severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure few hours after an accidental fall complicated by fracture of the left femur neck and left humerus.