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ArticleCureus2022

Fat Embolism Syndrome With Cerebral Involvement: An Underrecognized Complication of Long Bone Fractures.

Quang L Nguyen, Benadin Varajic, Samuel B Reynolds, Karim El-Kersh

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Quang L NguyenDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Disorders Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, USA.
Benadin VarajicDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Disorders Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, USA.
Samuel B ReynoldsDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Karim El-KershPulmonary and Critical Care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
University of Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of Louisville · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) occurs when fat particles are aberrantly distributed into the microcirculation, and it often manifests as either hypoxemia, neurological deficit, or petechial rash. Although cases have been reported in the literature since the twentieth century, no formal diagnostic criteria have been universally adopted, and FES remains a diagnostic challenge. We present a unique case of FES from a long bone fracture, leading to pulmonary embolism with paradoxical arterial embolization and cerebral infarction, and provide a review of the related literature.

Indexed as

cerebral fat emboliencephalopathyfat embolism syndromerespiratory failuretraumatic long-bone injuries

Identifiers

PMID35382215
PMCPMC8976531
OpenAlexW4214845202

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