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Fat embolism syndrome with total hip replacement
Author(s) -
Hagley Stephen R.,
Lee Foo C.,
Blumbergs Peter C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb139463.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fat embolism , fulminant , coma (optics) , fat embolism syndrome , pulmonary embolism , respiratory failure , total hip replacement , surgery , anesthesia , physics , optics
Two cases of fulminant fat embolism syndrome that were fatal are reported as complications of total hip replacement. The major clinical features were severe hypotension and cardiac arrest in one case and postoperative coma in the other case. Both patients had severe acute respiratory failure that resulted from pulmonary oedema.