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Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care. 2014; 18 (3): 277-279
in English
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ABSTRACT
Fat embolism syndrome is commonly encountered after long bone and hip fractures. Postoperatively it may be encountered after intramedullary nailing of long bones and pelvicarthropksties. We report a case involving a 17 year old girl who had both tibial bone fractures and underwent intramedullary nailing with vascular repair and developed fat embolism with lung infiltrates requiring non-invasive ventilation. We also review relevant literature and describe criteria required to diagnose fat embolism syndrome