Severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure after fall and hip fracture in an elderly woman
Abstract Fat embolism syndrome is a rare complication of long bone fractures and orthopedic surgery. We report a case of a 90‐year‐old woman who developed severe neurologic impairment and respiratory failure few hours after an accidental fall complicated by fracture of the left femur neck and left h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Clinical Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5145 |