دورية أكاديمية
Fat embolism syndrome: improved diagnosis through the use of bedside echocardiography
| العنوان: | Fat embolism syndrome: improved diagnosis through the use of bedside echocardiography |
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| المؤلفون: | Summerfield DT, Cawcutt K, Van Demark R, Ritter MJ |
| المصدر: | Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 255-264 (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | Arizona Thoracic Society, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:General works LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | fat embolism, fat embolism syndrome, ultrasound, bedside, ultrasonography, echocardiography, echocardiogram, pubic ramus fracture, respiratory failure, petechial rash, General works, R5-130.5, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| الوصف: | No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 77 year old female with a past medical history of dementia, chronic atrial fibrillation requiring anticoagulation, hypertension, biventricular congestive heart failure with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, pulmonary hypertension, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented to the emergency room after she sustained a ground level fall while sitting in a chair. The patient reportedly fell asleep while sitting at the kitchen table, and subsequently fell to her right side. According to witnesses, she did not strike her head, and there was no observed loss of consciousness. As part of her initial evaluation, at an outside hospital, radiographs of the pelvis, hip, and knee were obtained. These identified a definitive right superior pubic ramus fracture with inferior displacement and a questionable fracture of the right femoral neck. Shortly thereafter, the patient was transferred to our hospital for further management. On exam, the patient had a painful right hip … |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2160-6773 |
| Relation: | http://www.swjpcc.com/critical-care/2013/10/25/fat-embolism-syndrome-improved-diagnosis-through-the-use-of.html; https://doaj.org/toc/2160-6773 |
| DOI: | 10.13175/swjpcc109-13 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/9a5bdc92ee1448a09a06bbfe8ad01b72 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.9a5bdc92ee1448a09a06bbfe8ad01b72 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 21606773 |
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| DOI: | 10.13175/swjpcc109-13 |