Open AccessFatal pulmonary embolism following ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man
Author(s) -
Stella Charitidou,
T Aslanidis,
S. Papalexandris
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
emergency care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-2054
pISSN - 1826-9826
DOI - 10.4081/ecj.2014.4473
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , ankle , incidence (geometry) , surgery , venous thromboembolism , radiology , thrombosis , physics , optics
Patients with lower extremity injuries are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism. We report a case of fatal pulmonary embolism following a simple ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed post-mortem. The incidence of such complications and the importance of deep venous prophylaxis in such cases are discussed